GOOD. EVERYBODY WELCOME TO OUR
FIRST BUDGET SUB-COMMITTEE
NUMBER THREE DON'T FORGET THE
NEW NUMBER NUMBER THREE ON
EDUCATION FINANCE. I AM UH SOME
MEMBER DAVID ALVAREZ, CHAIR OF
THE COMMITTEE, AND, UH, I WE ARE
FIVE MINUTES PAST THE SCHEDULED
TIME. I DON'T WANNA START, UH,
OFF WITH THE BAD HABIT OF BEING
LATE, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THE
FIVE MINUTE DELAY. BUT BUT HERE
WE ARE. UH, I WANTED TO FIRST OF
ALL. START OFF. UM. WITH ALL OF
YOU IN SHARING MY PERSONAL
PERSPECTIVE OF WHERE WE STAND AS
A STATE ON. THE ISSUE OF
EDUCATION FINANCE, AND I CANNOT
DO THAT WITHOUT. REFLECTING ON
MY PERSONAL JOURNEY AS A PRODUCT
OF OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION OF THIS
GREAT STATE OF OURS. UM, I AM
THE. SON OF TWO IMMIGRANTS TO
THIS COUNTRY WHO CAME HERE.
WITHOUT, UH, EVEN A FIRST GRADE
EDUCATION. I'M THE YOUNGEST OF
SIX. GREW UP IN, UM IN TRUE PRO
POVERTY. AND BARRIO LOGAN, WHICH
IS ONE OF THE POOREST
COMMUNITIES AT THAT TIME WAS THE
POOREST COMMUNITIES IN SAN
DIEGO. UM AND I HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND. TO ATTEND
SAN STATE UNIVERSITY, A PUBLIC
UNIVERSITY IN SAN DIEGO CAL
STATE SYSTEM UM, SOMETIMES I
HAVEN'T SHARED THIS. ACTUALLY
WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT
SOMETIMES I THINK, UH, I
WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN WHERE I AM
TODAY, IF IT WASN'T FOR THE
SYSTEMS THAT WERE IN PLACE TO
ALLOW ME TO GET TO THAT POINT. I
WAS A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR
APPLYING TO COLLEGE ACTUALLY
ONLY APPLIED TO ONE UNIVERSITY,
SAN DIEGO STATE. UH, EVEN THOUGH
I WAS A DECENT STUDENT I DIDN'T
REALLY SEE COLLEGE AS SOMETHING
IN MY LIFE. GIVEN THAT I HAD NÓ
NÓ ONE IN MY FAMILY HAD EVER
BEEN TO COLLEGE. SO I HAD THE
GREAT FORTUNE OF HAVING AS PART
OF MY EDUCATION. SOMEONE A
COUNSELOR. WHO ENCOURAGED ME TO
APPLY. TO THE UNIVERSITY THROUGH
THE OPS PROGRAM. EARLY ACADEMIC
OUTREACH PROGRAM, I BELIEVE IS
THE NAME UM GIVEN THAT I GREW UP
WITH VERY LITTLE MEANS, UH,
REALLY DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO
ACTUALLY APPLY AND I APPLIED
WITH A FEE WAIVER, WHICH WAS
DENIED. MY FEE WAIVER WAS DENIED
MY APPLICATION TO THE UNIVERSITY
. UM AND AT THAT POINT, I WAS
JUST NOT GOING TO PURSUE IT
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE. I THINK
IT WAS $55. IF I REMEMBER THE
FIGURE CORRECTLY BACK IN 1998.
UM, LUCKILY AGAIN, THE SYSTEMS
THAT WERE IN PLACE, THE
COUNSELOR, SAID NÓ NÓ WE CAN
FIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET
THIS FEE WAIVER BECAUSE YOU YOU
REALLY DESERVE IT. UM AND I WAS
ABLE TO DO SO ACCEPTED TO THE
UNIVERSITY AND STARTED THAT
JOURNEY, THE FIRST ONE IN MY
FAMILY TO DO SO. I JUST SHARE
THAT STORY WITH YOU BECAUSE I
HOPE THAT MAYBE AS I SHARED MY
STORY, YOU MAYBE THOUGHT OF A
MOMENT IN YOUR AH! EXPERIENCE AS
A STUDENT. OF WHAT HIGHER
EDUCATION DID FOR YOU. BECAUSE
IN A YEAR WHEN THINGS ARE
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND
CHALLENGING OR EVERYTHING THAT
THE STATE DOES, BUT EDUCATION.
UH, SPECIFICALLY. WE ARE GOING
TO HAVE SOME VERY DIFFICULT
CONVERSATIONS. BUT WE SHOULD
NEVER FORGET. OF WHY WE'RE DOING
THIS. WE'RE DOING THIS TO ENSURE
THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS AND
OPPORTUNITY. PEOPLE WHO MAYBE A
BACKGROUND LIKE MINE. MAYBE A
FOSTER KID. MAYBE SOMEONE WHO
HAS BEEN, UH UNSHELTERED. UM
MAYBE SOMEONE WHO, UH, LIKE
MYSELF WAS AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
LEARNER. WHO REALLY CAN EXCEL
CAN GET THAT OPPORTUNITY THAT
OUR GREAT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER
EDUCATION ARE THREE SEGMENTS
PROVIDE. UM AND SO I WANT US TO
APPROACH THESE DIFFICULT
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE HOPE. OF
WHAT WE WISH TO ACCOMPLISH,
WHICH IS INCREASING ACCESS. AND
STUDENT SUCCESS. AND THE
HEARINGS WILL BE DIFFICULT, BUT
FOLKS FOCUSED ALWAYS ON STUDENT
SUCCESS. AND ON THOSE OUTCOMES,
SO THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'LL
HEAR IF YOU'RE PRESENTING IF
YOU'RE TESTIFYING YOU'RE A
WITNESS. UM, PLEASE KNOW THAT
IT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE FOCUSED ON
THAT. AND THOSE ARE THE
EXPECTATIONS THAT WE'LL HAVE IN
THIS COMMITTEE. AS WE TALKED
ABOUT HIGHER EDUCATION,
INCREASING ACCESS AND STUDENT
SUCCESS. AND THAT'S WHY TODAY'S
PANEL AND WE START THESE
CONVERSATIONS WITH STUDENTS WHO
SHOULD ALWAYS BE FRONT AND
CENTER. OF THE WORK THAT WE DO.
AND WE WILL BE HEARING FROM
THOSE STUDENTS TODAY TO OPEN UP
OUR HEARING. UM NOW TO GET TO
THE TO THOSE DIFFICULT
CONVERSATIONS TO GIVE YOU A
GENERAL OVERVIEW. YOU'VE ALL
SEEN THE AGENDA. SO YOU'VE SEEN
SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE
IDENTIFIED. BUT I WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT JUST A FEW. CERTAINLY,
UH. WE HAVE, UH SOME CONCERNS.
AS IT RELATES TO THE FUNDING TO
OUR AND CSU SYSTEM AND PROPOSALS
TO DEFER FUNDING. UM, AND WHAT
THAT MEANS. THE UNDER THE
PROPOSAL THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS
PRESENTED THE STATE WILL OWE YOU
SEE AND èC S¼ U. WHAT ABOUT $1
BILLION IN ONGOING FUNDING NEXT
YEAR? UM, THE ONE THING I FORGOT
TO SAY THIS IS A BUDGET
DISCUSSION FOR THIS YEAR, BUT
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE TALKING
IN CONTEXT OF THE FUTURE YEARS.
BECAUSE THE WORST THING WE CAN
DO IN A TIME LIKE THIS IS TO TRY
AS THE TO QUOTE OUR SPEAKER OF
THE ASSEMBLY TO USE SHORT TERM
SOLUTIONS FOR SOME VERY LONG
TERM PROBLEMS, AND OUR BUDGET
PROBLEMS ARE LONG TERM. SO THE
DECISIONS AND THE DISCUSSIONS
CERTAINLY WILL BE REVOLVED
AROUND NOT JUST HOW DO WE SOLVE
THE PROBLEMS FOR THIS YEAR, BUT
THE IMPLICATIONS THAT HAS FOR
THE FOLLOWING YEARS AND THIS
DECISION TO DELAY THIS FUNDING
MEANS $1 BILLION IN ADDITIONAL
FUNDING STARTING NEXT YEAR. IN A
$30 BILLION STRUCTURAL DEFICIT.
HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE
ACCOMPLISHED? WE WILL TALK ABOUT
THAT. WE WILL TALK ABOUT, UM
COLA FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
BUT, UM. ALSO WE WANT TO TALK
ABOUT, UM WHAT THAT MEANS AGAIN
FOR THE LONG TERM IN TERMS OF
IMPLICATIONS. WE'RE HOPING TO
TALK TO ALL THREE SEGMENTS TODAY
AND THROUGHOUT THIS SPRING ABOUT
HOW WE CAN PROTECT THE CORE
PROGRAMS AND ADVANCED STUDENT
SUCCESS, ACCESS AND OUTCOMES. IN
A DIFFICULT BUDGET HERE. WE WILL
NEED TO TALK ABOUT SEGMENT
RESERVES. BE PREPARED TO TALK
ABOUT THAT IF YOU REPRESENT A
SEGMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND
HOW THOSE RESERVES CAN BE
UTILIZED. AND ALSO, I'D LIKE TO
HAVE A CONVERSATION. IT'S NEW
ABOUT A RESERVE FOR HIGHER
EDUCATION FOR THE FUTURE. FOR
WHEN WE HAVE THESE YEARS IN THE
FUTURE, UH, OF HOW WE CAN
UTILIZE A POTENTIAL HIGHER
EDUCATION RESERVE ACCOUNT TO
HELP SOFTEN SOME OF THESE
DIFFICULT BLOWS THAT WE ARE
BEING FACED WITH AND ALSO WE
SHOULD MITIGATE. ALWAYS LOOK TO
MITIGATE THE UPS AND DOWNS OF
OUR STATE BUDGET. STUDENT
ENROLLMENT. DECLINING ENROLLMENT
, UH, WILL ALSO BE SOMETHING
THAT WE WILL BE GETTING INTO.
AND, UM. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S
SUBCOMITTEE ALSO DISCUSSES Kò 12
, BUT I'LL RESERVE MY COMMENTS
FOR THE Kò THROUGH 12 SYSTEM.
UH, AT OUR FIRST HEARING FOR
THAT NEXT WEEK. SO UH, WITH ALL
THAT SAID, I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO HEARING FROM OUR STUDENTS
TODAY FROM OUR SEGMENTS AND
CERTAINLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
HEARING FROM MY COLLEAGUES AND
I'D GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY
NOW IF THEY WISH TO SAY A FEW
WORDS, MISTER FUNG MR CHAIRMAN
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH
COLLEAGUES. OH AS YOU HEARD FROM
OUR CHAIR. WE'RE IN A VERY
CHALLENGING FISCAL ENVIRONMENT.
THE BUT WE ALSO NEED TO BE
REMAINED FOCUSED ON STUDENT
OUTCOMES AND BRING INTO POWER
AND PROMISE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
TO CALIFORNIANS TO EXPAND ACCESS
TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES HERE
ACROSS THE STATE, AND IT'S A
POWER AND PROMISE OF HIGHER
EDUCATION AS YOU HEARD, UH, FROM
THE CHAIRPERSON. IT'S APPARENT
PROMISE OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO
TRANSFORM LIVES. MY PARENTS MET
AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN THE
SUMMER OF SIX OR SIX AND AS
IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND
FAMILIES. THERE ARE ABOUT ACCESS
PUBLIC EDUCATION. AND SO WHEN WE
LOOK AT THESE CHALLENGING FISCAL
ENVIRONMENTS, WE NEED TO
CONTINUE TO BE FOCUSED ON THE
OUTCOMES. AND BRINGING THAT
POWER AND PROMISE HERE TO
STUDENTS THROUGHOUT OUR STATE
AND TO REALLY EXPAND ACCESS AND
STUDENT SUCCESS HERE AND OUR
STATE AND SO REALLY LOOKING
FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATIONS
HERE TODAY AND REALLY AROUND
FOCUSED AROUND CAL GRAM REFORM,
UH, STUDENT HOUSING. BUT THEY'RE
LOOKING AT ISSUES AROUND TARO
NINE REFORM AS WELL. AND WE KNOW
THESE ARE GONNA BE VERY
CHALLENGING BUDGET SITUATIONS
THAT WE HAVE GOING FORWARD, BUT
WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING
POSSIBLE TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND
ACCESS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION HERE
IN CALIFORNIA FOR STUDENTS AND
FAMILY SIGNED WITH THAT LOOK
FORWARD TO TODAY'S
CONVERSATIONS. THANK YOU, MR Tð
AND MR FONG. MR SALLIE. THANK
YOU, MR CHAIR. I JUST, UH WHEN
ECHO A LOT OF THE CONCERNS YOU
RAISED. I THINK THIS WILL BE A
BIPARTISAN APPROACH TO ENSURE,
UM STUDENTS HAVE A QUALITY
ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION. I
HAVE A SIMILAR STORY. BOTH MY
PARENTS ARE IMMIGRANTS. MY MOM
DIDN'T FINISH HIGH SCHOOL. MY
DAD NEVER WENT TO COLLEGE, AND,
UH, I WAS ABLE TO GO TO THE CAL
STATE SYSTEM CALLED POLY POMONA.
AND UH, IT WAS QUITE AFFORDABLE.
SO I WILL SAY ONE OF MY CONCERNS
WILL BE TO MAKE SURE AS WE GO
THROUGH THESE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS
THAT WE CONTINUE TO KEEP
EDUCATION AFFORDABLE FOR
STUDENTS, AND THAT MAKES SURE
THAT WE'RE NOT CLOSING THE GAP
OR PLUGGING THE HOLES BY
INCREASING TUITION AND PUTTING
IT ON THE BACKS OF STUDENTS. UM
UH, TO PAY THOSE COSTS, SO
THAT'S THAT'S SORT OF WHERE MY
FOCUS IS GONNA BE TO MAKE SURE
IT'S REMAINS AFFORDABLE FOR OUR
STUDENTS. THANK YOU, MISTER. MR
MERCY. THANK YOU, I. I THINK WE
HAVE A BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT
THAT, UH UH, YOU KNOW,
CALIFORNIA'S PUBLIC HIGHER
EDUCATION SYSTEM IS, UH IS
CLEARLY ONE OF THE GREATEST. UH
UH, ASSETS THAT WE HAVE IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO EXPAND,
UH, ACCESS AND PROMOTE
OPPORTUNITY. I ALSO LIKE YOU, MR
ACE, I I'M THE SON OF
IMMIGRANTS. I'M A FIRST
GENERATION UNIVERSITY GRADUATE,
UH AND BUT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA I WOULD NOT BE WHERE
I'M AT HERE TODAY. AND SO I UH,
I. I KNOW THAT WE, UH WE JUST
CAME OUT OF A MEETING WHERE WE
TALKED ABOUT, UH, HOW WE ARE
FACING TREMENDOUS BUDGET
CHALLENGES. UM UH, BUT, UH, WE
WANT TO, UH, DO EVERYTHING
POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE SUPPORTING, UM, STUDENT
ACCESS STUDENT OPPORTUNITY. UH
AND PRESERVING AND PROMOTING, UH
, THE GREATEST PUBLIC HIGHER
EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THE COUNTRY
AND THE WORLD. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, MISTER MARTUCCI. UH AND
WITH THAT, UH, SOBERING REALITY
THAT YOU JUST RECEIVED FROM ALL
OF US. AND WHAT KEEPS US WITH
GREAT HOPE IS CERTAINLY THE
STUDENTS AND THAT'S WHY WE DO
THIS. SO I'D ASK THE STUDENT
PANELISTS TO PLEASE COME FORWARD
FOR OUR FIRST PANEL WE'RE GONNA
HEAR FROM CHANEL W, WHO IS A VÆ
P OF LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS.
STUDENT CENTER, CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGES FROM DIABLO
VALLEY COLLEGE AND U èC. SAN
DIEGO. WELCOME DOMINIC KAN TSS,
PRESIDENT OF CAL STATE STUDENT
ASSOCIATION AT SAN JOSE STATE
UNIVERSITY. AND DAVID RAMIREZ
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS CHAIR FROM
THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION FROM U
èC. L A WELCOME TO ALL THREE OF
YOU. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU
HERE, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY YOU'VE
FIGURED OUT WHAT ARE YOU GOING?
SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU NOW
AND YOU EACH HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
YEAH. HELLO, OK? GOOD AFTERNOON
CHAIR AND MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME HERE. MY NAME IS
CHANEL WEN AND I AM THE VICE
PRESIDENT OF LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS
FOR THE STUDENT CENTER FOR
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES. I
AM A STUDENT AT DIABLO VALLEY
COLLEGE, WHICH IS IN THE BAY
AREA AND I AM A TRANSFER STUDENT
AT U èC SAN DIEGO AS WELL. SO
I'M A PRODUCT OF COMMUNITY
COLLEGES AS WELL. I DEEPLY
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY AND
RECOGNIZE MY PRIVILEGE TO BE
HERE TODAY IN FRONT OF YOU,
WHILE WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF MANY
ITEMS IN THE BUDGET, INCLUDING
FUNDING FOR ANNOUNCING BY
COLORATE DEGREE, WE RECOGNIZE
THE REALITY AND THE CHALLENGES
OF THE CALIFORNIA'S BUDGET
SITUATION AND I FOCUSING ON OUR
PRIORITIES OF AFFORDABLE STUDENT
HOUSING AND THE FULL
IMPLEMENTATION OF AS THOSE ARE
THE MAIN ISSUES THAT ULTIMATELY
IMPACT THE GREATEST NUMBER OF
STUDENTS. WE ARE ASKING THIS
COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT THE FULL
IMPLEMENTATION OF CO REFORM
BECAUSE THE COCHRAN REFORM ACT
REFORMS THE STATE'S FINANCIAL
AID BY STREAMLINING THE CO GRANT
PROGRAMS INTO TWO FORMS CALLED
GRAN TWO AND CALLED GRANT FOUR.
FOR TWO AND FOUR YEAR
INSTITUTIONS AND REMOVING
ELIGIBILITY BARRIERS BASED ON
ITS L A AND TIME OUT OF HIGH
SCHOOL. THIS CONSIDERS A
STUDENTS NEED HOLISTICALLY,
WHICH IN TURN BETTER SUPPORT
STUDENTS AND CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS.
WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE PRIVILEGE
TO BE HERE AND TO BE INTO THIS
TYPE OF CONVERSATIONS AND SPACES
AND HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO BE IN
COLLEGE. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE
THAT MANY OF THE STUDENTS AND
MANY OF MY FRIENDS DO NOT HAVE
THE SAME PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE.
ESPECIALLY AS A SYSTEM THAT
SELLS THE MOST DIVERSE
DEMOGRAPHIC. WE HAVE DIFFERENT
TYPES OF STUDENTS FROM ADULT
LEARNERS TO RETURNING STUDENTS
WHO WILL NOT QUALIFY FOR THESE
TYPE OF PROGRAMS IF THIS IS NOT
FULLY IMPLEMENTED. FOR ADELE
LEARNERS TO BE TRAINING STUDENTS
THAT OUR STATE AND SYSTEM
THEMSELVES. IT'S OFTEN HARD FOR
THEM TO PRIORITIZE EDUCATION
WHEN THEY HAVE SO MANY DEPENDENT
ON THEM, AND SO MANY FACTORS
THEY HAVE TO WAIT IN WE ARE
HUMANS WAS AND WE NEED TO
PRIORITIZE HOW WE'RE GOING TO
SURVIVE BEFORE WE HAVE TO THINK
ABOUT HOW TO EVEN GET TO CLASSES
, AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE
NEED TO BE ABLE TO PRIORITIZE
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT SUPPORTING
STUDENTS AND MEETING STUDENTS AT
WHERE THEY ARE. THE CO EQUITY
FRAMEWORK WOULD HELP THEM
QUALIFY AND GET THEM INTO
CLASSES, WHICH IN TURN WILL
CREATE A MORE EDUCATED AND
QUALIFIED WORKFORCE FOR THE
STATE AND WILL GIVE AN RETURN IN
INVESTMENT. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT
THE FUTURE ECONOMY AND THE
FUTURE LEADERS OF OUR STATE WE
ALSO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE
SUB COMMITTEE TO RECOGNIZE THE
SERIOUS NEED FOR AFFORDABLE
STUDENT HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
COLLEGE STUDENTS AND SUPPORT THE
PRESERVATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION
HOUSING GRANT. IT'S IMPERATIVE
THAT THE STATE PRIORITIZE
FUNDING AFFORDABLE STUDENT
HOUSING FOR STUDENTS,
NONTRADITIONAL STUDENTS AND LOW
INCOME COMMUNITY COLLEGE
STUDENTS. STUDENTS CANNOT GET TO
CLASS. I SAY THIS A LOT, BUT WE
NEED TO GET TO CLASS BY MAKING
SURE THAT WE HAVE A ROOF OVER
OUR HEAD. I USED TO LIVE IN THE
BAY AREA BEFORE I MOVED TO SAN
DIEGO. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT
IT DOES NOT GET CHEAPER.
ANYWHERE. YOU GO IN CALIFORNIA.
SO IT IS DEFINITELY EXPENSIVE TO
LIVE IN CALIFORNIA AS EVERYONE
RECOGNIZED THAT, AS ONE OF OUR
STUDENT SENATE LEADER SAID.
THERE'S ALWAYS A PERIOD OF
ANXIETY WHEN I RECEIVE A DISS
FROM PELL GRANT OR FROM WORK
STUDY, I ALMOST USE ALL OF IT
FOR RENT. AND THERE'S THIS
PERIOD WITH SHORT AMOUNT OF
MONEY AND JUST BEING ANXIOUS OF
USING THAT MONEY FOR THINGS LIKE
BASIC NEED, LIKE HOUSING, OR
WHICH SHOULD I BUY THIS TOILET
PAPER BRAND? OR SHOULD I BUY
THIS BRAND OF FOOD? OR SHOULD I
TAKE THAT MONEY FOR RENT? OR
SHOULD I DO THAT? UNTIL THE LATE
PAY CHECK COMES IN. THAT'S ALL
THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE
THINKING OF WHEN WE THINK ABOUT
MAKING DECISIONS ON THE DAILY
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT WALKING
TRADE JOBS IS NOT EASY,
ESPECIALLY AS A FULL TIME
STUDENT. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT
EQUITY, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT
WE NEED TO MEET STUDENTS AT
WHERE THEY ARE AND NOT STUDENTS
COMING TO US. THANK YOU FOR
INVITING US TODAY AND LISTENING
TO THE STUDENTS AND ALWAYS
REMEMBERING TO KEEP US ON THE
TABLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ALRIGHT WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON
CHAIR ALVAREZ AND COMMITTEE
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DOMINIC JUAN
TESSLER AND I SERVE AS THE
PRESIDENT OF THE CALIFORNIA
STUDENT ASSOCIATION, WHICH
REPRESENTS THE NEARLY HALF A
MILLION STUDENTS IN THE
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY. I
AM ALSO A STUDENT AT SAN JOSE
STATE. TODAY I'M HERE TO DISCUSS
AND ADVOCATE FOR FUNDING FOR TWO
CRITICAL ISSUES THAT DIRECTLY
IMPACT OUR STUDENTS AND
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ACROSS
CALIFORNIA CAL REFORM AND THE
èC S¼ U BUDGET. WE FULLY
UNDERSTAND THE FISCAL CHALLENGES
THAT CALIFORNIA FACES,
ESPECIALLY IN THESE
UNPREDICTABLE TIMES. DESPITE
THESE CONSTRAINTS, IT IS
IMPERATIVE THAT WE FIND WAYS TO
SUPPORT AND PRIORITIZE THE NEEDS
OF OUR HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM.
THESE INTERCONNECTED CHALLENGES
REQUIRE OUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
AND COLLECTIVE ACTION TO ENSURE
THAT HIGHER EDUCATION REMAINS
ACCESSIBLE, AFFORDABLE AND
EQUITABLE FOR ALL STUDENTS IN
CALIFORNIA. THROUGH INNOVATIVE
SOLUTIONS AND STRATEGIC
INVESTMENTS. WE CAN ADDRESS
THESE ISSUES IN A MANNER THAT
ALIGNS WITH OUR STATE'S FISCAL
REALITIES WHILE SAFEGUARDING THE
FUTURE OF CALIFORNIA'S HIGHER
EDUCATION. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I
WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS AS MY
COLLEAGUE DID, UH, CAL GRANT
REFORM. SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN
A TOP PRIORITY FOR ALL OF OUR
ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE
LAST FEW YEARS. THE CALGARY
PROGRAM HAS HISTORICALLY SERVED
AS A CRUCIAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT
SYSTEM, ENABLING COUNTLESS
STUDENTS TO ACCESS HIGHER
EDUCATION WITHOUT FACING
OVERWHELMING DEBT. DESPITE ITS
BENEFITS, THE CURRENT FRAMEWORK
AND ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS OF
THE PROGRAM INADVERTENTLY
EXCLUDE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF
DESERVING STUDENTS. THIS IS
PARTICULARLY TRUE FOR
NONTRADITIONAL AND OLDER
STUDENTS WHO ARE DISQUALIFIED
DUE TO ARCHAIC STIPULATIONS LIKE
AGE LIMITS AND GPA THRESHOLDS.
THE PROPOSITION TO REFORM CAL
GRANTS BY BROADENING ELIGIBILITY
AND ENHANCING THE FINANCIAL AID
PROVIDED AIMS TO SUBSTANTIALLY
LOWER THE ECONOMIC HURDLES TO
HIGHER EDUCATION. MODERNIZING
THESE CRITERIA TO ALLOW GREATER
ACCESS TO THIS CRUCIAL SUPPORT
WILL PAVE THE WAY FOR A WIDER
ARRAY OF STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY
THOSE HAILING FROM
UNDERREPRESENTED AND
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED
BACKGROUNDS. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
THIS REFORM EXTENDS BEYOND
INDIVIDUAL BENEFICIARIES. IT
REPRESENTS A STRATEGIC
INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE OF OUR
STATE'S WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC
LANDSCAPE. FURTHERMORE ACCORDING
TO PROJECTIONS FROM THE
CALIFORNIA STUDENT AID
COMMISSION, IMPLEMENTING CALGARY
REFORM WOULD MAKE OVER 137,000
ADDITIONAL STUDENTS. THROUGHOUT
CALIFORNIA ELIGIBLE FOR AID.
THIS EXPANSION WOULD NOTABLY
INCREASE THE REPRESENTATION OF
DIVERSE GROUPS, INCLUDING FIRST
GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS.
STUDENT PARENTS, FEMALE STUDENTS
IN CALIFORNIA DREAM APP, UH,
CALIFORNIA DREAM, UH, ACT
APPLICANTS. THIS DATA
UNDERSCORES THE REFORMS
POTENTIAL TO FOSTER A MORE
INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE
EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT,
ULTIMATELY CONTRIBUTING TO A
MORE DIVERSE AND DYNAMIC
WORKFORCE. IT IS ESSENTIAL TO
RECOGNIZE THAT THE èC S¼ U IS
NOT ONLY THE LARGEST FOUR YEAR
PUBLIC UNIVERSITY SYSTEM IN THE
NATION. BUT ALSO SERVES AS A
PIVOTAL, PIVOTAL ROLE IN
PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE, HIGH
QUALITY EDUCATION TO NEARLY HALF
A MILLION STUDENTS AND BOASTING
OVER 4 MILLION ALUMNI. ENSURING
SUFFICIENT FUNDING FOR THE èC
S¼ U GOES BEYOND JUST MEETING
BASIC OPERATIONAL NEEDS. IT
INVOLVES MAINTAINING YOUR
DEDICATION TO THE MULTIYEAR
COMPACT THAT HAS ENSURED THE
SYSTEM CAN FULFILL ITS MISSION
AND FUTURE ASPIRATIONS. THIS
COMPACT IS ABOUT MORE THAN JUST
FUNDING. IT'S ABOUT A
COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO
SUPPORTING THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
AND SUSTAINABLE MANNER. IT
INCLUDES THE NECESSITY TO FUND
VITAL AREAS SUCH AS BASIC NEEDS.
TITLE NINE COMPLIANCE WITH THE
CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICAN
GRAVES PROTECTION AND
REPATRIATION ACT, OR NRA. AND
CRITICAL CAPITAL RENEWAL
PROJECTS. BY ADVOCATING FOR A
STRENGTH AND èC S¼ U BUDGET
THROUGH THE COMPACT. WE ARE NOT
ONLY SEEKING TO SECURE NECE
NECESSARY FUNDING FOR IMMEDIATE
NEEDS, BUT ALSO EMPHASIZING THE
IMPORTANCE OF STRATEGIC
INVESTMENTS IN AREAS CRITICAL TO
THE WELL BEING AND SUCCESS OF
OUR STUDENTS AND OUR
COMMUNITIES. HIGHER EDUCATION
SERVES AS A CATALYST FOR SOCIAL
MOBILITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH.
SUPPORTING THE èC S¼ U BUDGET
REPRESENTS A COMMITMENT TO A
FUTURE WHERE EVERY STUDENT HAS
THE OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE AND
CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROSPERITY OF
CALIFORNIA. IN CONCLUSION CHAIR
ALVAREZ AND ESTEEMS COMMITTEE
MEMBERS. THE NARRATIVES OF CG
REFORM AND THE èC S¼ U BUDGET
ENCAPSULATING NOT JUST THE
IMMEDIATE FISCAL, UH, NEEDS BUT
THE BROADER VISION OF THE FUTURE
OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN
CALIFORNIA. AS WE NAVIGATE
THROUGH THESE FISCAL CHALLENGES,
THE DECISIONS WE MAKE TODAY WILL
SHAPE THE ACCESSIBILITY,
AFFORDABILITY AND QUALITY OF
HIGHER EDUCATION. FOR
GENERATIONS TO COME. BY CHOOSING
TO SUPPORT CAL GRANT REFORM AND
THE èC S¼ U BUDGET. WE ARE NOT
MERELY ADDRESSING BUDGETARY
FIGURES WE ARE CHOOSING TO
INVEST IN OUR STUDENTS. IN OUR
COMMUNITIES AND IN A SUSTAINABLE
GROWTH AND PROSPERITY IN OUR
STATE. AS WE STAND AT THIS
PIVOTAL MOMENT, LET US CHOOSE TO
CHAMPION THE CAUSE OF EDUCATION.
LET US CHOOSE TO ENSURE THAT THE
èC S¼ U SYSTEM REMAINS A BEACON
OF HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY. LET US
CHOOSE TO MAKE HIGHER EDUCATION,
A RIGHT NOT A PRIVILEGE
ACCESSIBLE TO ALL THOSE WHO DARE
TO DREAM. BY CHOOSING THE CSU.
BY CHOOSING OUR STUDENTS, WE
CHOOSE A BRIGHTER, MORE
EQUITABLE FUTURE FOR ALL OF
CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU FOR
CONSIDERING THESE CRITICAL
ISSUES AND FOR YOUR ONGOING
SUPPORT FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN
OUR STATE. YOUR ACTIONS TODAY
WILL ECHO THROUGH THE LIVES OF
COUNTLESS STUDENTS AND THE
CHRONICLES OF CALIFORNIA'S
HISTORY. LET'S MAKE SURE THOSE
ECHOES RESOUND WITH HOPE,
OPPORTUNITY AND PROSPERITY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK
YOU, MR RAMIREZ. GOOD AFTERNOON
CHAIR ALVAREZ AND MEMBERS OF SUB
COMMITTEE THREE. MY NAME IS
DAVID RAMIREZ. I'M AN
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IN LOS
ANGELES, STUDYING GEOGRAPHY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND LABOR
STUDIES. I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF
SERVING AS A GOVERNMENT
RELATIONS CHAIR FOR THE STUDENT
ASSOCIATION. THIS IS AN
ASSOCIATION'S NUMBER ONE BUDGET
PRIORITY THIS YEAR IS FULL
FUNDING FOR THE CAL GRANT EQUITY
FRAMEWORK, AS PROMISED IN THE
2022 2023 STATE BUDGET. AND
WHILE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS
A VERY TOUGH BUDGET YEAR, UM IN
CALIFORNIA IS FACING A MOUNTING
DEFICIT. WE ALSO ARE HERE TO
REMIND THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
PROMISES THAT WERE MADE TO
STUDENTS. BUDGETS AT THE END OF
THE DAY ARE VALUE STATEMENTS AND
CALIFORNIA HAS LONG USED BUDGETS
TO LOCALIZE HOW MUCH IT VALUES
ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION. THIS
YEAR SHOULD BE NÓ DIFFERENT. UH,
THE LEGISLATURE HAS VOICED
CONCERNS AROUND THE GROWING
SEGMENT OF CALIFORNIANS NOT
CHOOSING TO PURSUE HIGHER
EDUCATION. AND AS A AS A VIEWER
AS A VIEWER OF OUR, UH, AWARE
THIS CHOICE OFTEN COMES DOWN TO
FINANCIAL COSTS. THE LEGISLATURE
HAS ALSO MADE IT CLEAR THAT
DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION
ARE KEY VALUES IN THE HIGHER
EDUCATION SPACE IN ORDER TO SEE
MORE DIVERSE STUDENTS ON OUR
CAMPUSES, MORE EQUITABLE
OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS AND MORE
INCLUSIVE, UH, POLICIES THAT
UPLIFT OUR MOST VULNERABLE
STUDENTS. WE NEED FULL FUNDING
FOR THE CAR GRANT EQUITY
FRAMEWORK. THE FRAMEWORK WAS
MEANT TO PROVIDE THOSE VERY
OUTCOMES. HOWEVER WE CANNOT WORK
TOWARDS A MORE EQUITABLE FUTURE
WITHOUT ENOUGH FUNDING THE
FUNDING THAT'S NECESSARY. I'D
LIKE TO SHARE SOME OF THE
EXPERIENCES THAT SUN HAS SHARED
WITH ME ABOUT THE WHAT CAL GRANT
HAS MEANT TO THEM. ONE STUDENT
SHARED. I AM CONCERNED THAT I
WILL RUN OUT OF FUNDING AS A
SINGLE PARENT. IT TOOK ME LONGER
TO COMPLETE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
AND THAT MIGHT BE THE CASE HERE
AT THE U èC SYSTEM. I'M DOING
MY BEST TO STAY ON TRACK WITH
SCHOOL AND CLASSES. BUT I'M ALSO
A PARENT OF A YOUNG PERSON WHO
NEEDS THEIR MOM. SO IT'S A
CONSTANT BALANCING OF MY ROLES
AS A MOTHER AND AS A STUDENT. I
NEED THIS FUNDING TO GET MY
DEGREE AND GO WHERE MY SON AND I
CAN THRIVE AND NÓ LONGER HAVE TO
SURVIVE THROUGH POVERTY. ANOTHER
STUDENT SHARED IF I WERE NOT,
UH, IF IT WERE NOT FOR CAL
GRANT, I WOULD NOT BE IN HIGHER
EDUCATION. BOTH MY PARENTS ARE
UNDOCUMENTED, AND THUS I CANNOT
RELY ON THEM FOR ANY FORM OF
FINANCIAL SUPPORT. I USE MY COW
GRAN TO PAY FOR MY STUDIES AND
HELP PAY FOR MY ADDITIONAL
EXPENSES. THE MONEY GIVEN TO ME
THROUGH FINANCIAL AID HAS
ALLOWED ME THE PRIVILEGE OF ONLY
WORKING 2 TO 32 TO 8 HOURS A
WEEK THROUGH WORK STUDY, THUS
ALLOWING ME TO FOCUS ON MY
SCHOOLING AND GRADES. SO FOR
MANY STUDENTS, THEIR CORE
REPRESENTS A PATHWAY TO SOCIAL
MOBILITY. AND DECLINING TO
SUPPORT THE CAL EQUITY FRAMEWORK
MEANS DENYING 100 AND 30,000
STUDENTS OR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS
THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETE
THEIR DEGREE. SPEAKING OF
STUDENT EXPERIENCE, IT WOULD BE
IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO MENTION BASIC
NEEDS. STUDENTS ACROSS THE UC
SYSTEM ARE STRUGGLING TO MEET
THEIR BASIC NEEDS, DESPITE
CONTINUOUS INVESTMENT FROM THE
STATE. AS THE MOST RECENT DATA
40 3% OF U èC UNDERGRADUATES
ARE FOOD INSECURE. 8% OF U èC
UNDERGRADUATES ARE HOUSELESS AND
6% OF U. èC UNDERGRADUATES ARE
EXPERIENCING BOTH FOOD
INSECURITY AND HOUSELESS. IT IS
ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR STUDENTS
TO SUCCEED IN ENVIRONMENTS WHERE
THEIR BASIC NEEDS ARE NOT BEING
MET. AND IT IS ESPECIALLY
IMPACTFUL FOR HOUSELESS STUDENTS
WHO EXPERIENCE INTENSE ANXIETY
AT ALL TIMES ABOUT THEIR LACK OF
SHELTER. THIS IS WHY ONE OF U
èC S¼ A'S BUDGET PRIORITIES
THIS YEAR IS TO PROTECT THE
HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENT HOUSING
GRANT PROGRAM. WE URGE THE
LEGISLATURE TO ADOPT AND FUND
THIS PROPOSAL NEXT YEAR DESPITE
THE BUDGET SITUATION BECAUSE
STUDENTS CANNOT WAIT ADDITIONAL
YEARS FOR HOUSING. THEY'RE
HOUSELESS NOW. OBVIOUSLY THERE
ARE CERTAIN STUDENT POPULATIONS
WITHIN THE U èC THAT ARE MUCH
MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THESE
CHALLENGES IN MEETING THEIR
BASIC NEEDS. EXAMPLES OF THESE
POPULATIONS INCLUDE STUDENTS
WITH APPENDANT STUDENTS WITH
DISABILITIES. STUDENTS WITH
DEPENDENCE MUST STRUGGLE. SCHOOL
WORK, UH, POTENTIALLY WITH
MULTIPLE JOBS, STUDYING ANY
EXTRACURRICULARS AND TAKING CARE
OF INDEPENDENCE. THIS IS ALREADY
DIFFICULT, BUT WITHOUT THE
APPROPRIATE SUPPORT, IT BECOMES
NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. SIMILARLY
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES MUST
DEAL WITH THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES
OF TRADITIONAL STUDENTS WHILE
ENSURING THEIR DOCUMENTATION OF
THEIR DISABILITIES ARE UP TO 88.
THEIR ACCOMMODATIONS ARE BEING
MET BY PROFESSORS. THERE ARE
MEDICATIONS OR OTHER NECESSITIES
ARE NECESSITIES ARE BEING FILLED
OR KEPT UP. TO DATE. THEY'RE
ALSO MAKING THEIR APPOINTMENTS
WITH MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS,
ETCETERA. THIS IS WHY U èC S¼,
A ADVOCATES FOR PERMANENT
ONGOING FUNDING FOR PERMANENT,
DEDICATED AND CENTER SPACE FOR
STUDENTS WITH DEPENDENCE AND
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
ACROSS ALL S¼. THIS DEDICATED
STAFF AND SPACE WOULD PROVIDE
NECESSARY RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS
WITH DEPENDENCE AND OR
DISABILITIES. IT IS LONG PAST
OVERDUE THAT THE STATE AND THE U
èC SYSTEM, RECOGNIZE THEIR MOST
VULNERABLE STUDENTS AND PUT
SPECIFIC EMPHASIS AND FUNDING
TOWARDS RECRUITMENT AND
RETENTION. I APPRECIATE YOUR
TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU TO ALL THREE OF
YOU, UH, YOU MAKE YOUR SYSTEMS
PROUD. YOU MAKE YOUR SCHOOLS
PROUD, BUT CERTAINLY YOU MAKE US
, UH, CALIFORNIA PROUD, UH, OF
THE INVESTMENT THAT WE MAKE IN
AGAIN WANTED TO START OFF THIS
CONVERSATION, SO FOCUSED ON ON
ON YOU ON WHAT YOU SHARED ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT YOU SHARED THAT
I NEGLECTED TO MENTION. BUT UM,
I WAS VERY CLEAR ABOUT AT OUR
VERY FIRST BUDGET HEARING WAS ON
CG REFORM. SO WE DO NOT
COORDINATE OUR TALKING POINTS.
BUT I WAS VERY GLAD TO HEAR YOU
ALL MENTION CLEARLY, YOU ARE
REALLY WELL VERSED ON WHAT THAT
WOULD MEAN THAT MEANS WITH CAL
REFORM. WE GET MORE ACCESS FOR
MORE STUDENTS. AND. AT THE END
OF THE DAY. UM, IF WE'RE NOT
DOING THAT IN THIS SUB COMMITTEE
AND IN THE LEGISLATURE. THEN
WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH HIGHER
EDUCATION? SO THANK YOU FOR
ELOQUENTLY OUTLINING WHY IT'S SO
IMPORTANT THAT WE REMAIN FOCUSED
ON FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF èC
GRANT REFORM. WE WILL HAVE
HEARINGS ON THIS SPECIFICALLY,
UM, BUT YOU STARTED US OFF.
REALLY REALLY WELL, SO THANK YOU
FOR, UH, YOUR YOUR THOUGHTS.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ANY MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE WHO LIKE TO
SHARE SOME THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS
FOR THE STUDENTS. MR FANG. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. UH, MR CHAIRMAN AND
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR STUDENTS
FOR SHARING YOUR PERSPECTIVES
FOR RESPECTIVE SEGMENTS AND
REALLY HIGHLIGHTING THE
IMPORTANCE OF CAL GRA REFORM AND
FOLLOW. WE KNOW THAT THIS IS,
UH, COULD BE A GAME CHANGER TO
EXPAND ACCESS TO OVER 100 30,000
STUDENTS. AND THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR, UH,
SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INSIGHTS
AND STORIES AND THE PERSPECTIVES
OF YOUR PERSPECTIVE, UH,
STUDENTS AND BODIES AS WELL. AND
AS WE LOOK AT EXPANDING ACCESS,
UH, THANK YOU TO CHAIR ALBERT.
WE'RE REALLY HIGHLIGHTING THAT
AND THE WORK AROUND STUDENT
HOUSING AS WELL. AND LOAN FUND
PROGRAM, THE HOUSING GRANT
PROGRAM ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO
TO CONTINUE TO AMPLIFY THOSE
EFFORTS AS CRITICAL TO, UM
ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
HOUSING SECURITY. SO, UH, THANK
YOU FOR SHARING. UH, YOUR
POWERFUL NARRATIVES. THANK YOU,
MR CHAIR. THANK MR OSE. YOU MR
CHAIR? I ACTUALLY HAD A QUICK
QUESTION FOR MR UM IS IT? TESLER
YES. SO UM, DID YOU RECENTLY
WERE YOU INVOLVED IN ADVOCACY
RELATED TO THE RECENT CAL STATE
DECISION TO INCREASE TUITION?
THAT'S RIGHT. WE WERE OK. CAN
YOU JUST I'D BE INTERESTED IN
YOUR PERSPECTIVE AS A STUDENT.
WHAT THAT PROCESS WAS LIKE AND
WHETHER YOU FELT THE STUDENTS
WERE HEARD BECAUSE MY
UNDERSTANDING IS ALL BUT ONE
TRUSTEE. VOTED TO RAISE THE
TUITION. THERE ARE ACTUALLY FIVE
OF OUR TRUSTEES THAT VOTED NÓ ON
THE RECORD. UM YOU KNOW, I WILL
SAY, AS AS I KIND OF SAID DURING
THE RACE, UH, IT DID NOT COME AS
AN IDEAL TIME FOR ENGAGEMENT
WITH STUDENTS. WHILE THAT
PROCESS WAS DONE IN THE SUMMER
AND KIND OF AS WE WERE BEGINNING
A SCHOOL, SO, UM, I THINK
BROADER ENGAGEMENT WITH STUDENTS
WOULD HAVE MADE A LOT MORE
SENSE. BUT UH THIS WAS SOMETHING
THAT WAS FLAGGED FOR, UH, AT
LEAST A AT AT èC S¼ S¼, A
MONTHS BEFORE AND WE HAD A
HEALTHY KIND OF SEASON OF
ENGAGEMENT. UM OVER THAT SUMMER,
THOUGH IT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER
WITH ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. AND IN
THIS THE TUITION FROM YOUR
STUDENT IS THAT GONNA ADD THE
TUITION INCREASE? GONNA ADD MORE
HARDSHIP TO THE STUDENTS ALREADY
OR WHAT ARE YOU HEARING? YEAH I
MEAN, NÓ ONE IS EXCITED ABOUT
THIS TUITION RAISE. UM NÓ ONE
KIND OF APPRECIATES. IT'S GONNA
BE ABOUT 34% OVER THE COURSE OF
FIVE YEARS. UM BUT WHAT WE HAVE
BEEN COLLABORATING WITH THE
SYSTEM ON IS ENSURING THAT, UM
ONE THING WE READ INTO THE
DOCUMENT WAS THAT 33% OR A THIRD
OF THAT MONEY IS GOING BACK INTO
FINANCIAL AID, AND WE ARE
LOOKING AT WAYS TO, UH UTILIZE
THOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDS AND KIND
OF CHANGE THE WAY WE DO
FINANCIAL AID IN IN ORDER TO
ENSURE THAT OUR MOST VULNERABLE
STUDENTS ARE AFFECTED, THE LEAST
BY THIS RAISE, AND IN FACT, THEY
MAY BE ABLE TO GET ADDITIONAL,
UH, TOTAL COST OF ATTENDANCE
SUPPORT. GREAT. WELL THANK YOU
FOR YOUR ADVOCACY. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER
MEMBERS. MR MCCARTY. YEAH THANK
YOU. AND UH, I KNOW THIS IS MY
FIRST TIME SEEING YOU AS AS
CHAIR, MR ALVAREZ. AND I KNOW
YOU'RE GONNA DO A, UM A FINE JOB
. I JUST I FEEL REALLY BAD THAT
THAT I LEFT YOU IN SUCH A BAD
POSITION. WE HAD, UM YES, BUT
THAT LEADS TO THIS POINT WE HAD,
UM YOU KNOW, NINE SOLID YEARS.
OF REINVESTING IN HIGHER
EDUCATION. DRAMATICALLY
EXPANDING ENROLLMENT ACCESS FOR,
UM èC S¼ U AND, YOU KNOW,
COMMUNITY COLLEGE, BUT YOU KNOW,
THAT'S JUST A PIECE OF THE
PUZZLE. YOU KNOW, THE COST OF
COLLEGE ISN'T NECESSARILY JUST
TUITION. IT'S HOUSING AND BOOKS
AND TRANSPORTATION AND FOOD AND
SO THESE ISSUES ARE REAL. SO I
THINK THAT WE CAN'T GET LOST ON,
YOU KNOW. JUST FOCUSING ON ON
ACCESS WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT
THE AFFORDABILITY PIECE AND SO
UM, WHETHER IT'S STUDENT HOUSING
. WE'LL TALK ABOUT NEXT OR
CONTINUING THE QUEST THAT YOU
KNOW OUR PRIOR GENERATIONS
FOCUSED ON AND EXPANDING, UH,
CAL GRANT IN THE MIDDLE CLASS
SCHOLARSHIP AND OUR QUEST FOR
DEBT FREE COLLEGE IN IN
CALIFORNIA, AND THAT'S THAT'S A
REAL REAL QUEST. SO UM, YOU KNOW
, THANK YOU FOR SHARING A HUMAN
LIGHT AND WHAT THIS MEANS, AND,
UM I KNOW THAT WE WILL CONTINUE
TO MAKE THIS A PRIORITY. SO
THANKS. THANK YOU AGAIN. WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR COMING AND, UH,
TESTIFYING AND HELPING US KEEP
FOCUSED ON ON STUDENTS AS WE
ATTEMPT TO DO THAT THROUGHOUT
THE HEARINGS. THANK YOU. AND
WITH THAT WE'LL BRING UP OUR
NEXT PANEL. WE HAVE AN OVERVIEW
OF THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET. WE
HAVE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
HERE AND THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST
OFFICE AND I ASKED THEM TO
PLEASE COME FORWARD AND MAKE
SURE. YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
SOME OF US ARE I GUESS NONE OF
US ARE REALLY NEW TO THE
COMMITTEE. BUT REMIND US WHO YOU
ARE. AND UH, I THINK WE'RE GONNA
START WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE. IF THAT'S OK WITH YOU
ALL. WELCOME AND PLEASE PROCEED.
HIS HONOR. OK? UM, GOOD
AFTERNOON, MR CHAIR AND ASSEMBLY
MEMBERS, DEVIN MITCHELL WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. I'M GOING
TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE
HIGHER EDUCATION PORTION OF THE
2024 GOVERNOR'S BUDGET, AS WELL
AS THE PROPOSALS FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA OR FOR
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY AND
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
ALSO COVER FINANCIAL AID AND
STUDENT HOUSING ISSUES THAT
AFFECT ALL THREE OF THE
SEGMENTS. THE BUDGET REFLECTS
THE THIRD YEAR OF THE MULTIYEAR
COMPACT BETWEEN THE
ADMINISTRATION AND THE èC AND
èC S¼ U SYSTEMS AND THE
MULTIYEAR ROAD MAP WITH THE
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
THESE AGREEMENTS ARE FOCUSED ON
ACHIEVING SHARED PRIORITIES TO
BENEFIT STUDENTS. DESPITE THE
STATE'S CURRENT FISCAL CONDITION
, THE ADMINISTRATION REMAINS
COMMITTED TO INCREASING ACCESS
TO THE EMERGENCY OF CALIFORNIA
AND THE CALIFORNIA STATE
UNIVERSITY. IMPROVING STUDENT
SUCCESS, MAKING HIGHER EDUCATION
MORE EQUITABLE AND AFFORDABLE
AND PUSHING FOR MORE
COLLABORATION AMONG THE
SEGMENTS. OUR GOALS ALSO INCLUDE
SUPPORTING WORKFORCE
PREPAREDNESS AND CREATING
PATHWAYS FOR STUDENTS TO PURSUE
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN HIGH
DEMAND FIELDS SUCH AS HEALTHCARE
, EDUCATION, CLIMATE CHANGE,
ACTION AND TECHNOLOGY. UM.
ADDRESS THE PROTECTED BUDGET
SHORTFALL. THE BUDGET DEFERS TO
2025 26, THE PLANNED COMPACT
INVESTMENTS OF 240.2 MILLION FOR
THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
AND 227.8 MILLION FOR THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AS WELL
AS THE PLANNED INVESTMENT OF 31
MILLION AT THE U èC TO OFFSET
REVENUE REDUCTIONS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF
NON-RESIDENT UNDERGRADUATE
STUDENTS WITH RESIDENT
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS. WITH THE
DEFERRALS. THE BUDGET LARGELY
MAINTAINS ONGOING AND èC S¼ U
GENERAL FUND SUPPORT AT 2020
THREE 24 LEVELS WHILE ENABLING
BOTH SEGMENTS TO USE INTERIM
FINANCING STRUCTURES OR OTHER
INTERNAL BORROWING TO SUPPORT A
PENDING TO SUPPORT SPENDING AT
THE PLANNED 2024 25 COMPACT
LEVELS. I WILL NOW DISCUSS THE
FINAL HIGHER EDUCATION SEGMENT.
THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COLLEGES THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET
CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE CðC èC
MULTIYEAR ROAD MAP AS
ESTABLISHED IN THE 2022 BUDGET
ACT. AND THE PRIORITIES SET
FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT INCLUDE
A FOCUS ON STUDENT SUCCESS,
STUDENT EQUITY AND SUPPORTING
THE SYSTEM IN PREPARING THE NEXT
GENERATION OF THE CALIFORNIA
WORKFORCE. IN TERMS OF SPECIFIC
INVESTMENTS. THE èC CðC èC
SYSTEM IS SUPPORTED BY THE
PROPOSITION 98 GENERAL FUND.
THESE INVESTMENTS INCLUDE A COST
OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, OR COLA OF
ABOUT 69 MILLION PROPORTIONS
THROUGH THE STUDENT CENTERED
FUNDING FORMULA. A COLA OF MORE
THAN 9 MILLION TO SUPPORT SELECT
CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS AND THE
ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM. AND
SUPPORT, UM, FOR ENROLLMENT
GROWTH FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE
APPORTIONMENT OF 29.6 MILLION
THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET ALSO
INCLUDES A ONE TIME INVESTMENT
OF 60 MILLION TO SUPPORT
EXPANDING NURSING PROGRAMS AND
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING
PARTNERSHIPS AS CONSISTENT WITH
THE 2023 BUDGET ACT. AS A
REMINDER. THE 2020 BUDGET ACT
APPROVED 60 MILLION PER YEAR FOR
FIVE YEARS, STARTING IN THE 2024
25 FISCAL YEAR FOR THIS PURPOSE,
AND THIS COMING BUDGET YEAR WILL
BE THE FIRST YEAR OF THAT
INVESTMENT. ADDITIONALLY TO
ADDRESS REDUCTIONS IN THE
PROPOSITION 98 GUARANTEE, WHILE
CONTINUING TO PROVIDE STABILITY
TO THE CðC SYSTEM. THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET UTILIZES THE
PROPOSITION 98 RAINY DAY FUND,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PUBLIC
SCHOOL SYSTEM STABILIZATION
ACCOUNT TO BACKFILL THESE
REDUCTIONS FOR THE CðC èC
BUDGET UNDER THE GUARANTEE. AND
TO MITIGATE DISRUPTION TO
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS.
THESE WITHDRAWALS ARE BEING USED
TO FUND BOTH THE CURRENT YEAR
AND THE BUDGET YEAR. FINALLY AND
THIS WILL BE ADDRESSED, UM, IN
MORE DEPTH BY MY COLLEAGUES, UM,
COVERING THE PROP 98 GUARANTEE
DURING NEXT WEEK'S HEARING, THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET ADDRESSES 8
BILLION A PRIOR YEAR, DECLINES
OF WHICH APPROXIMATELY 910
MILLION IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE
CðC èC S¼, UM, FOR THE
GUARANTEE WITH PROPOSED
STATUTORY CHANGES TO AVOID
IMPACTING EXISTING LOCAL Kò 12
AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUDGETS.
UM, MOVING ON TO FINANCIAL AID.
UM THE BUDGET IS ASSUMING TOTAL
FINANCIAL AID EXPENDITURES OF
THREE POINT THREE BILLION IN THE
BUDGET YEAR, UM, MOST OF WHICH
WILL BE SPENT ON THE CAL GRANT
PROGRAM. CAL GRANT WILL PROVIDE
AWARDS TO MORE THAN THREE
177,000 STUDENTS WHO MEET
SPECIFIED ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.
IT ALSO INCLUDES 636 MILLION
GENERAL FUND SUPPORT FOR THE
MIDDLE CLASS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
, WHICH WILL REACH AN ESTIMATED
332. 1000 STUDENTS IN THE 2024
25 ACADEMIC YEAR. TO ADDRESS THE
BUDGET SHORTFALL. THE BUDGET
PROPOSES FOREGOING A PLANNED
289,000,001 TIME INVESTMENT FOR
MIDDLE CLASS SCHOLARSHIP.
ADDITIONALLY THE BUDGET INCLUDES
FUNDING TO SUPPORT APPROXIMATELY
7500 GOLDEN STATE TEACHER GRANT
AWARDS TO STUDENTS ENROLLED IN
TEACHER PREPARATORY PROGRAMS IN
THE 2024 25 ACADEMIC YEAR. 500
MILLION. UM ONE TIME GENERAL
FUND WAS ORIGINALLY INCLUDED IN
THE 2021 BUDGET ACT FOR THE
GOLDEN STATE TEACHER GRANT
PROGRAM, UM, AND INTENDED TO BE
EXPANDED OVER A FIVE YEAR
PERIOD. UM I'LL NOW MENTION A
FEW NOTES ON STUDENT HOUSING,
WHICH ARE, UM INTER SEGMENTAL
INVESTMENTS, UM, IMPACTED BY THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET. FOR THE
STUDENT HOUSING REVOLVING LOAN
PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD HAVE
PROVIDED ZERO INTEREST LOANS FOR
THE CONSTRUCTION OF STUDENT
HOUSING PROJECTS AT THE U, èC
S¼ U AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES. THE
2020 THREE BUDGET ACT APPROVED
200 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 2023
24, FOLLOWED BY 300 MILLION
ANNUALLY BETWEEN 2024 25 AND
2028 29 FOR A TOTAL PREDICTED
MULTI YEAR INVESTMENT OF 1.7
BILLION. UM AND TO ADDRESS THE
STATE'S BY DETROIT ALL THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET PROPOSES
SUSPENDING FUNDING FOR THE RLF
PROGRAM. UM THIS INCLUDES
REVERTING 100 AND 94 MILLION, UM
OF THE 200,000,001 TIME GENERAL
FUND THAT WAS APPROPRIATED IN
2023 24 AND PULLING BACK ON
FUNDING IN THE BUDGET YEAR AND
THE OUT YEARS. FOR THE HIGHER
EDUCATION STUDENT HOUSING GRANT
PROGRAM. THE 2020 THREE BUDGET
ACT CONTINUES THE APPROACH OF
HAVING APPROVED AND èC S¼ U
PROJECTS BE FUNDED BY U èC AND
èC S¼. U ISSUED REVENUE BONDS
RATHER THAN GENERAL FUND GRANTS.
UM THE 2023 BUDGET ALSO REVERTED
GENERAL FUND FOR A APPROVED
COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROJECTS WITH
THE INTENT, UH, TO DEVELOP A
STATEWIDE LEASE REVENUE, BOND OR
OTHER STATEWIDE FINANCING
APPROACH BY THE 2024 BUDGET. THE
ADMINISTRATION REMAINS COMMITTED
TO THIS APPROACH AND IS
DEVELOPING A STATEWIDE LEASE
REVENUE BOND PROGRAM, UM, FOR
APPROVED PROJECTS AT THE
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
FOR CONSIDERATION IN MAY
REVISION FINALLY, THE
ADMINISTRATION IS ALSO IN THE
PROCESS OF RE ARCHITECTING
EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE SYSTEMS
TO BETTER REFLECT THE LIVED
REALITY OF CALIFORNIANS, A
PROCESS THAT BEGAN WITH THE
GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER AND
1120 THREE RELATING TO CAREER
EDUCATION. THIS 13 MONTH
PLANNING PROCESS, UM, WILL
INVESTIGATE HOW EXISTING
POLICIES, INVESTMENTS AND
STRUCTURES CAN BE IMPROVED,
CULMINATING IN THE GOVERNOR'S
MASTER PLAN FOR CAREER EDUCATION
SCHEDULED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE
WINTER OF 2024. WE HAVE MORE
CITIES WILL WE WILL HAVE MORE TO
SAY ABOUT THIS WHEN THAT REPORT
IS RELEASED. UM, AND WITH THAT,
ALL, UH, LET THE LÀ Ó, UH,
SPEAK. UM, CHRIS AND I ARE READY
TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE NOW OR
IN FUTURE, UM, WEEKS AND MONTHS
AS THE COMMITTEE HAS FUTURE
HEARINGS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, JENNIFER
PELLA FROM THE LEGISLATIVE
ANALYST'S OFFICE. I THINK AS ALL
OF YOU KNOW, OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN
RELEASING A SERIES OF BUDGET
REPORTS ANALYZING THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET PROPOSALS. OVER THE LAST
FEW WEEKS. WE'VE RELEASED A
REPORTS LOOKING AT THE
GOVERNOR'S OVERALL SPENDING
PACKAGE. HIS REVENUE ESTIMATES
HIS HIGHER EDUCATION PLAN
OVERALL, HIS BUDGET PLAN FOR èC
S¼ U AND FOR THE COLLEGES, MORE
REPORTS ARE TO COME ALL THE
MESSAGES I'LL SHARE TODAY COME
FROM THOSE REPORTS AND ARE
DESCRIBED IN MORE TILL THERE FOR
THE PURPOSE OF TODAY I'LL COVER
A FEW KEY TAKEAWAYS. II. I THINK
YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE BIG
PICTURE UNDER THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET. IN JANUARY. THE GOVERNOR
IDENTIFIED A BIG BUDGET PROBLEM.
YESTERDAY OUR OFFICE CAME OUT
WITH A REVISED ESTIMATE OF THAT
BUDGET PROBLEM. IT'S BIGGER.
IT'S GROWN. AS OF YESTERDAY. OUR
ESTIMATE IS THE STATE FACING A
$73 BILLION BUDGET PROBLEM. THE
MAIN REASON THE PROBLEM HAS
WORSENED JUST SINCE THE GOVERNOR
RELEASED HIS BUDGET IN JANUARY
IS WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH
REVENUES. UM AS OF FEBRUARY, OUR
REVENUES ARE DOWN 24 BILLION
FROM THE ADMINISTRATION'S
ESTIMATES, REVENUES GENERALLY
ARE WEAK, SO PERSONAL INCOME TAX
WITHHOLDINGS ESTIMATED PAYMENTS,
CERTAIN CORPORATE TAX
COLLECTIONS. GENERALLY THEY'RE
ALL WEAK RIGHT NOW. IMPORTANTLY
THE FACE OF THE STATE IS NOT
JUST FACING A DEFICIT IN 2425 OR
OVER THE BUDGET WINDOW, 2220
THREE TO 2425, BUT OVER THE NEXT
FEW YEARS, UH IN 2526, THE
GOVERNOR IS ESTIMATING A BUDGET
PROBLEM OF 37 BILLION AND THEN
THE SUBSEQUENT YEARS ARE JUST
SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THAT. SO
TURNING TO A HIGHER EDUCATION.
THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET PLAN DOES
HAVE SOME SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS
THE THIS BUDGET PROBLEM. THE
GOVERNOR PROPOSES TO DRAW DOWN
RESERVES, THE GOVERNOR PROPOSES
TO FORGO SOME SCHEDULED SPENDING
, THE LARGEST OF THOSE FINANCE
HAS MENTIONED ABOUT, UH, FORGO
THE LAUNCH OF THE HIGHER
EDUCATION HOUSING REVOLVING LOAN
PROGRAM. SO THE GOVERNOR DOES
HAVE SOME SOLUTIONS DOESN'T HAVE
MANY SOLUTIONS. ALL OF THE
SOLUTIONS THAT ARE PROPOSED ARE
ONE TIME UM, THOSE ONE TIME
SOLUTIONS WON'T HELP THE
LEGISLATURE MOVING FORWARD. THEY
DO OBVIOUSLY HELP YOU IN 2425
OVER THE IMMEDIATE BUDGET WINDOW
, BUT THEY DON'T HELP YOU WITH
THOSE OUT YOUR DEFICITS. SO
DESPITE THIS LARGE AND GROWING
BUDGET PROBLEM THAT YOU KNOW YOU
HAVE, UM THE GO. THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET DOESN'T HAVE ANY ONGOING
SOLUTIONS THAT TAKE ONGOING
SPENDING AND ADJUST IT TO THE
NEW, ONGOING AVAILABLE FUNDS.
NOT ONLY DOES THE GOVERNOR'S
PACKAGE HAVE NÓ ONGOING
SOLUTIONS, THE GOVERNOR'S PLAN
IS TO INCREASE ONGOING SPENDING,
SO HE PROVIDES A COLA FOR
COMMUNITY COLLEGE APPORTIONMENT
AND SEVERAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS. HE ASKED U
èC AND èC S¼ U TO INCREASE
THEIR OPERATIONAL SPENDING IN
2425 WHEN YOU UNDER HIS PLAN
WHEN THE LEGISLATURE GETS TO
2526 THE STATE OWES U N èC S¼
U A COMBINED 1.5 BILLION WHILE
AGAIN IT'S FACING THAT $37
BILLION DEFICIT. WE THINK
INCREASING SPENDING, OBVIOUSLY
RIGHT NOW IS MOVING IN THE WRONG
DIRECTION. IT MAKES YOUR PROBLEM
MORE RATHER THAN LESS DIFFICULT.
SO THIS IS ALL TO SAY. WE HAVE
CONCERNS WITH THE GOVERNOR'S
PLAN. UM HERE. WE THINK HE'S
OVERESTIMATING THE AMOUNT OF
REVENUE THAT THE LEGISLATURE HAS
THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE SUFFICIENT
ONE TIME SOLUTIONS THAT HE'S
MOVING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION BY
INCREASING SPENDING RATHER THAN
CONTAINING IT, AND THAT IS
MISSING MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO
ACHIEVE THE KINDS OF BUDGET
SOLUTIONS THAT WOULD BE LESS
DISRUPTIVE THOSE KINDS OF
SOLUTIONS THAT DON'T AFFECT
ONGOING PROGRAMS. SO TURNING TO
WHAT THE LEGISLATURE CAN DO
DIFFERENTLY. WE RECOMMEND THE
LEGISLATURE START BY FINDING AS
MUCH ONE TIME SOLUTION AS
POSSIBLE AND OUR SEGMENT
SPECIFIC REPORTS. WE HAVE LISTS
OF OPTIONS FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION. WE START JUST BY
LOOKING AT RECENT INITIATIVES
THAT HAVE SOME UNALLOCATED MONEY
OR SOME UNSPENT MONEY AS AREAS
YOU COULD THINK OF PULLING BACK.
THE MORE YOU PULL BACK NOW, THE
LESS YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO GO TO
ONGOING PROGRAMS MOVING FORWARD.
WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING THE
2425 BUDGET, BECAUSE MUCH OF ALL
THOSE SOLUTIONS YOU FIND ARE
GONNA HELP YOU DEAL WITH THE
2220 THREE ISSUE AND A 2324
ISSUE. YOU'RE STILL GONNA HAVE A
2425 ISSUE. WE SUGGEST THAT YOU
THINK ABOUT, UM AS YOUR STARTING
PLACE JUST ACROSS EDUCATION,
HOLDING FUNDING AND SPENDING
EXPECTATIONS FLAT. THIS WOULD
MEAN NÓ COLA FOR ANY HIGHER
EDUCATION PROGRAM. IT WOULD BE
NOT ASKING YOU TO èC N èC S¼
U TO INCREASE THEIR SPENDING AND
HOPE THAT THE STATE MIGHT BE
ABLE TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING LIKE
A $1.5 BILLION NEXT YEAR. RATHER
THAN INCREASING SPENDING. WE'D
ENCOURAGE YOU TO START LOOKING
FOR ONGOING SOLUTION. SO FOR
EXAMPLE, IN OUR COMMUNITY
COLLEGE BRIEF, WE GIVE YOU A
LIST OF ONGOING SOLUTIONS THAT
YOU MIGHT WANT TO START FROM.
THESE ONGOING SOLUTIONS WILL
HELP YOU NOT JUST IN 2425 TO TRY
TO REALIGN YOUR ONGOING SPENDING
WITH YOUR NEW FUNDING REALITY,
BUT IT'LL HELP YOU IN 2526.
IT'LL GIVE YOU THIS DOUBLE
BENEFIT OF MAKING NEXT YEAR EVEN
MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD FOR YOU. SO
WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT
THE LIST THAT WE'RE PROVIDING IN
THESE REPORTS IS OBVIOUSLY JUST
A STARTING POINT FOR YOU. YOU
CAN ADD ITEMS. MODIFY ITEMS
REMOVE ITEMS IF THE REVENUE
SITUATION IMPROVES, YOU CAN HAVE
FEWER OF THOSE OPTIONS. IF THE
BUDGET SITUATION WORSENS, YOU
MIGHT NEED A POTENTIALLY MUCH
LONGER LIST OF SOLUTIONS. THE
LIST ARE INTENDED JUST AS
PLANNING TOOLS TO GIVE YOU SOME
OPTIONS AT HAND FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION. THE LIST THAT WE
DEVELOP, FOCUSES ON PRESERVING
CORE PROGRAMS AND ON PRESERVING
PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WITH
FINANCIAL NEED. YOU CAN DECIDE
WHETHER YOU WANT TO PRESERVE
THAT SET OF PROGRAMS OR ANY
OTHER SET OF PROGRAMS. SO UM,
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS OR GO OVER ANYTHING I
MIGHT HAVE COVERED MORE SLOWLY,
IF HELPFUL. THANK YOU BOTH. WE
WILL GO TO QUESTIONS AND I MAYBE
I'LL GET STARTED AND WE'LL SEE
WHERE THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE.
UM WANTS TO JUMP IN. I ASK, UH,
BOTH, UH DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE,
UH, MAYBE TO RESPOND TO AND
PERHAPS THE LAOS OFFICE TO
RESPOND TO THE UM. THE
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSING THAT YOU
SEE AND CSU EXPAND PROGRAMS.
THIS IS IN IN REFERENCE TO THE
UM. THE 5% INCREASE THAT'S BEEN
DEFERRED. UM IS IT YOUR
EXPECTATION THAT THE CSU AND THE
UC SYSTEM GROW THEIR PROGRAMS BY
5% AND THAT THEN THEY WOULD BE
REPAID BACK THE 5% NEXT YEAR. SO
ARE THE PLAN. WOULD, UM HAVE
THEM CONTINUE TO YOU KNOW, PLAN
AS IF THEY HAD RECEIVED THE 5%
BASED INCREASE THIS YEAR BECAUSE
IT WILL BE REPAID NEXT YEAR. SO
I THINK THE ANSWER THEN IS YES.
THAT YOU YOU WOULD EXPECT THEM
TO GROW THEIR PROGRAMS BY 5.
CHRIS FERGUSON WITH FINANCE. SO
UH THE ANSWER IS WE WOULD EXPECT
THEM TO CONTINUE MAKING PROGRESS
TOWARD THE GOALS OUTLINED IN THE
COMPACT, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE
WOULD SAY THAT MEANS GROWING
PROGRAM BY 5% BUT THAT WOULD
MEAN TO CONTINUE MAKING PROGRESS
TOWARDS THOSE GOALS, WHICH
INCLUDE SERVING ADDITIONAL
STUDENTS, UM, TRYING TO REDUCE
STUDENT COSTS, UM, TRYING TO
BETTER ALIGN WITH WORKFORCE AND
INDUSTRY, SO CERTAINLY WE WOULD
SAY IT'S A CONTINUATION OF THE
EFFORT TO MEET THE GOALS OF THE
COMPACT. THANK YOU, CHRIS. I
APPRECIATE THAT. UH, MAYBE YOU
CAN HELP ME, UH, FURTHER
UNDERSTAND THAN THOSE GOALS. UH,
DO THEY ALL REQUIRE IN YOUR
OPINION, ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES
OR SOME OF THOSE BE ACCOMPLISHED
WITHOUT NEW EXPENDITURES. UM, IT
WOULD JUST REALLY DEPEND ON
WHICH WHICH GOAL WHICH WHICH
PRIORITY? UM YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT
? IT'S A REALLY GENERAL
QUESTION. OK I. I THINK WHAT I'D
ASK IS THAT YOU PROBABLY AREN'T
PREPARED TODAY TO ANSWER IS
MAYBE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT
THE GOVERNOR WOULD LIKE TO
ACCOMPLISH AS PART OF, UH, SOME
OF THESE THESE GOALS. UH, AND
WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE OF THE
SYSTEMS AND, UH, AND COST THAT
OUT. IT ASKED THAT YOU CAN HAVE
THAT. UM CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, IN
THE FUTURE DISCUSSION, THIS IS
GONNA ONLY CONTINUE OBVIOUSLY.
BUT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT
THOSE GOALS ARE SPECIFICALLY AND
WHAT THE OBLIGATIONS WOULD BE IN
TERMS OF COST. UH, DO YOU HAVE
ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? ON THAT.
UH, SO IN THE SHORT ANSWER IS
YES. AND UH, THE GOVERNOR HAS
NEVER HAD A COST ESTIMATE FOR
HIS PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS.
WHAT HE HAS HAD IS I'LL GIVE YOU
5% AND YOU CAN USE THAT TO
INCREASE YOUR OPERATIONAL COSTS.
BUT IN DOING SO, I DO EXPECT YOU
TO ACHIEVE SOME PROGRESS IN YOUR
PERFORMANCE. NOW THERE ARE NÓ
RAMIFICATIONS. IF A SEGMENT
DOESN'T MEET ALL OF THOSE
PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS, THERE
ARE MANY PERFORMANCE
EXPECTATIONS. SOME HAVE NOT BEEN
MET. BUT TYPICALLY, THE STATE
WOULDN'T PUT ONLINE SOMETHING
LIKE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS BECAUSE ONE OF 40
EXPECTATIONS WEREN'T ACHIEVED.
SO WE'VE BEEN. SORT OF SKEPTICAL
OF THE APPROACH FROM THE GET. GO
NOW. NOW WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT
DOES THE LEGISLATURE WANT TO DO?
WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES? HOW
MUCH DOES IT COST TO ACHIEVE
THOSE? WE'RE OBVIOUSLY HAPPY TO
HELP YOU TRY TO GET TO WHERE
WHERE YOU NEED TO BE. OK WELL,
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A
COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, SO I THINK
I'D LIKE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND
FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. WHAT
WHAT DO WE WANT TO ACHIEVE? AND
HOW CAN WE DO THAT? UM, IN A
YEAR LIKE THIS, WITH THE
IMPLICATIONS THAT WE HAVE SO OK,
WE'LL WE'LL MOVE ON TO ANOTHER.
UH TOPIC THE ISSUE OF, UM OF A
èC G REFORM. I DO WANT TO GIVE
YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM,
PROVIDE SOME MORE FEEDBACK ON,
UM. THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT AND
COMMITMENT NOW GOING BACK A
COUPLE OF YEARS ON THIS REFORM
BEING IMPLEMENTED? UM WE HAVE
HEARD FROM CERTAINLY FROM
STUDENTS AND ALSO FROM OTHERS
THAT UH, IMPLEMENTATION DOES
INCREASE STUDENT ACCESS, WHICH
SEEMS TO BE MAYBE A GOAL OF WHAT
WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. AND SO,
UM, MAYBE TWO. UM GOALS THAT
THAT MEET IN A IN A UNIQUE
PLACE. UM, I'D ASK, UM, THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE IF YOU CAN
PROVIDE SOME FEEDBACK ON THE
THINKING BEHIND, NOT EXPANDING,
UH, FOR COMPLETELY GOING INTO
CAL GRANT REFORM THIS YEAR. UM
DEVIN MITCHELL WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, SO THE
BUDGET DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY
ADDITIONAL ACTION ON, UM ON CAL
GRANT REFORM. IT MAINTAINS THE
2022 BUDGET AGREEMENT. UM THAT
SUGGESTS THE DECISION WE MADE IN
MAY OF 2024 SO WE'RE CONTINUING
TO MONITOR THE SITUATION, BUT,
UM, THERE'S NOTHING NEW IN THE
BUDGET ABOUT IT. UH, SO DO YOU.
SHOULD I THEN ASSUME THAT IN THE
MAY REVISE, YOU MAY COME FORWARD
WITH, UH UH, A PROPOSAL THAT
IMPLEMENTS CAL GRANT REFORM. SO
IT'S IN STATUTE THAT IS A
DECISION WILL BE MADE. AT THAT
POINT, UM. NÓ DECISION HAS BEEN
MADE YET. HOWEVER OK, UM AS A
FOLLOW UP AND. I THINK I THINK
LAST YEAR AS A COMMITTEE MEMBER,
I ASKED QUESTIONS AND MAYBE DID
A GOOD JOB OF DIDN'T DO A GOOD
JOB OF FOLLOWING UP WITH YOU TO
GET ANSWERS. WE DEFINITELY WILL
DO THAT THIS YEAR. UM BUT I'D
ASK THAT YOU HELP US. UNDERSTAND
UH, IMPLEMENTING IMPLEMENTING
SEGMENTS OF KAGA REFORM AS TO,
UH HOW MUCH MORE ACCESS HOW MANY
MORE STUDENTS WOULD HAVE ACCESS
TO A HIGHER EDUCATION AND
FINANCIAL AID SUPPORT FOR HIGHER
EDUCATION IF DIFFERENT PARTS OF
THE REFORM WERE IMPLEMENTED, I
THINK THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'D
BE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE
ABOUT. I ASSUME YOU'VE DONE SOME
ANALYSIS OF TOTAL COST. IF YOU
JUST DO ALL OF CIAL COSTS IF YOU
DID SOME OF CGP ON WHAT YOU
THINK THOSE ANTICIPATED COSTS
ARE THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR
US. UM DO YOU LIKE TO SAY
ANYTHING ON THAT, OK? I HAVE
MORE QUESTIONS, BUT I WANNA BE
MINDFUL OF TIME AND SEE IF
COLLEAGUES WANNA JUMP IN AT THIS
POINT AND ASK SOME QUESTIONS,
MISTER FONG. THANK YOU SO MUCH,
UH, MR CHAIR. UM IN TERMS OF
THE, UH THOUGHTS ABOUT THE
GENERAL FUND FOR THE SYSTEM IN
TERMS OF THE REPLACEMENT OF NON
RESIDENTS, STUDENTS WITH
STUDENTS AT BERKELEY L A AND THE
SAN DIEGO CAMPUSES. WE KNOW THAT
THOSE ARE VERY HIGHLY SOUGHT
AFTER CAMPUSES AND VERY MUCH
APPLIED TO HOW THAT THE DEFERRAL
IMPACT THOSE, UH, EMISSIONS OF
IN STATE CALIFORNIANS. SO THE
DEFERRAL. BECAUSE THAT THAT
AMOUNT WOULD BE REPAID. UH, IN
THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, THE
ADMINISTRATION WOULDN'T EXPECT
THAT IT WOULD AFFECT UH, YOU
KNOW THAT THAT 30 THE COST OF
ASSOCIATED WITH I BELIEVE IT'S
902 REPLACEMENT OF NON
RESIDENTS, STUDENTS. THE COST OF
THAT. SO IN TERMS OF THE
IMPLEMENTATION THAT THAT WOULD
NOT IMPACT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE, UH THAT ENROLLMENT OF THE
ADDITIONAL STATE CALIFORNIA IS
THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? RIGHT,
OK. YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE
STUDENT HOUSING REVOLVING LOAN
FUND, THE $200 MILLION THERE AND
THE $1.7 BILLION AND AGGREGATE.
HOW MANY UNITS OF HOUSING IS
THAT? IMPACTING IF WE'RE NOT
FUNDING THAT PROGRAM SO AT THIS
POINT, WE COULDN'T GIVE YOU A
NUMBER BECAUSE THE PROGRAM
HASN'T OFFICIALLY ROLLED OUT ITS
APPLICATIONS SO THEREFORE WE
DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD BE
REQUESTED FROM THE SEGMENTS AND
HOW MANY BEDS THAT WOULD SUPPORT
VIA THOSE APPLICATIONS. BUT THAT
WOULD POSSIBLY IMPACT THOUSANDS
OF UNITS OF HOUSING. WE JUST
HEARD FROM OUR STUDENTS TO THE
IMPACT OF, UH HOUSING,
SECURITIES AND HOMELESSNESS,
ESPECIALLY IN OUR AT OUR
DIFFERENT SEGMENTS, SO UM, WELL,
SEE IF WE CAN DO ANY ANALYSIS ON
IT. THANK YOU AS AS PART OF THE
HOUSING UNITS THAT THE STATE HAS
SUPPORTED TO DATE THE PER BED
PRICES VERY WIDELY. SO THIS IS A
VERY STYLIZED ESTIMATE TO GIVE
YOU BUT IT'S LIKE ROUGHLY
200,000. SO IF YOU WANTED TO,
YES, YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S
THOUSANDS OF BEDS THAT WOULD BE
FUNDED WITH THE 1.7 BILLION. OK,
UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU
. I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP. I DO
HAVE A QUESTION ON THE
CALIFORNIA STUDENTS AT U èC
THREE CAMPUSES. UM. JUST TO BE
VERY CLEAR. I THINK I UNDERSTAND
THIS, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
TO JUST PUT THIS OUT TO THE
PUBLIC. WE ARE PAYING. THREE
SCHOOLS THE COST. FOR A
CALIFORNIA STUDENT WHAT IT COSTS
AND OUT OF STATE TO STUDENT TO
ATTEND. THAT'S A FACT THAT'S
EFFECTIVELY WHAT THE PROGRAM IS
CORRECT. ESSENTIALLY, YEAH. HAVE
YOU HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
SEE SYSTEM ABOUT, UH, CONTINUING
THAT COMMITMENT WITHOUT THIS, UH
COMMITMENT OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING
FROM THE STATE AND IN A YEAR
LIKE THIS HAVE THEY GIVEN YOU A
RESPONSE TO THAT? UM, I MEAN,
THEY THEY COULD SPEAK BETTER
THAN THAT. BUT WE'RE ALWAYS
HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE U
èC CHRIS SPECIFICALLY TO THAT
QUESTION, NÓ. WE HAVEN'T HAD A
CONVERSATION AROUND THIS. UM AND
WHETHER THEY COULD DO THIS
WITHOUT THESE RESOURCES. WE
WOULD NOTE THAT THIS WAS A
LEGISLATIVE, UM, ADDITION TO THE
BUDGET SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND WE
MAINTAINED THE SPIRIT OF
HONORING THAT AGREEMENT OR
DEFERRAL STRUCTURES INTENDED TO
MAINTAIN THAT PROGRESS IN A WAY
THAT WE THINK THE STATE WOULD BE
ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT. YEAH.
AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT AND
HONOR TO OUR FORMER CHAIR, UH WE
WERE IN A DIFFERENT TIME. I
THINK THAT'S SORT OF THE THEME
WE HAD. WE HAD RESOURCES TO DO A
LOT OF THINGS THAT WE MAY. NOT
ANYMORE. SO, UM. DO YOU HAVE
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO
THAT? WE HAVEN'T RELEASED OUR
REPORT, SO THIS IS JUST A
PREVIEW, BUT IT'S VERY MUCH ON
THE TOPIC THAT YOU MENTIONED. SO
GIVEN DEMAND IS SO HIGH AT THESE
THREE PARTICULAR CAMPUSES AND
GIVEN THE LEGISLATURE HAS TRIED
TO SWAP OUT, UH NON RESIDENTS TO
CREATE MORE SPACE FOR RESIDENTS
ON THOSE CAMPUSES. UM THIS MIGHT
BE AN AREA WHERE YOU WANT TO
ENGAGE WITH THEM TO SEE IF THEY
WOULD WITHOUT YOU ASKING THEM
EFFECTIVELY TO USE THEIR
RESERVES FOR THIS PURPOSE AGAIN.
IT'S UNSUSTAINABLE. OVER THE
LONG RUN, THOSE STUDENTS HAVE AN
ONGOING COST ASSOCIATED WITH
THEM, BUT IT MIGHT HELP YOU
WEATHER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
THANK YOU, MISTER MARSI HAD SOME
QUESTIONS. YES, I, UM. I HAVE A
QUESTION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE. SO UH, AS YOU HEARD
FROM THE L SORT OF ANALYSTS.
WE'VE UH, WENT FROM THE $38
BILLION BUDGET DEFICIT. UH,
ESTIMATE AND THE GOVERNOR'S
JANUARY BUDGET PROPOSAL TO NOW
THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST
PROJECTING A 70 THREE BILLION
DOLLARS BUDGET PROPOSAL. IT
SEEMS TO ME LIKE IT'S UNLIKELY
THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
FULFILL. UH, YOU KNOW ANY
COMMITMENT FOR A DEFERRAL. UH,
NEXT YEAR, UM BUT I WANTED TO
HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT. I
THINK WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS
OF SEEING WHAT? UH THE
LEGISLATIVE AIM WAS UPDATES. I
LOOK LIKE BOTH IN THE SHORT TERM
AND OVER THE LONG TERM, UM BY
YEAR AND WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO
COMMENT ON, UM ANYTHING BEYOND
WHAT WE PROPOSED IN THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET IN THAT
STRUCTURE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
MRS. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO
SAY, MISS ILA. I APPRECIATE YOUR
HONEST AND SOBERING ANALYSIS ON
THE BUDGET, I THINK UH, BEFORE
YOU COULD TACKLE AN ISSUE YOU
HAVE TO FIRST ACKNOWLEDGE IT.
SO, MR MITCHELL UM YOU MENTIONED
THE SHORTFALL A FEW TIMES IN
YOUR YOUR SPEECH. WHAT IS YOUR
BUDGET SHORTFALL ESTIMATION. UM.
SO THIS IS BASED ON THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET ESTIMATE OF
37.9 BILLION YOU GUYS ARE
STICKING TO THAT. SO THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET WAS PREDICATED
ON THREE THERE. TWO MAIN
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE
LEGISLATIVE ANALYSTS ANALYSIS AS
OF THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET AND
WHERE WE'RE AT, UM AS OF THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET. UH, ONE IS A
TERM IN IN PROPOSITION, 98,
WHERE WE EFFECTIVELY BELIEVE
THAT THE CHANGES IN THE
PROPOSITION I GUARANTEE ARE, UH,
OVERALL CONSIDERED WORKLOAD SO
WE DON'T INCLUDE THOSE CHANGES
WITHIN OUR OVERALL TOTAL, BUT
THAT DOES BRIDGE THE GAP OF
ROUGH. I BELIEVE IT'S $14
BILLION BETWEEN WHAT THE
LEGISLATIVE ANALYSTS HAD PUT
FORWARD IN THE 38 BILLION THAT
WE HAD PUT FORWARD SO WE'RE
ACTUALLY A BIT CLOSER THERE AND
THEN THE REMAINING DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THERE. UM PROJECTION AND
HOURS IS WE HAD ROUGHLY $15
BILLION IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE IN
OUR PROJECTED FORECAST, UM, THAT
THEY DID NOT HAVE. AND THAT
EXPLAINS A LARGELY THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THE
LEGISLATIVE ANALYSTS HAD PUT
FORWARD AS OF THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET. AND THE 38 BILLION THAT
WE HAD PUT FORWARD AS YOU STILL
MAINTAIN THAT REVENUE PROJECTION
WITH THE FEBRUARY UPDATE. WE
JUST GOT BECAUSE THEY'RE SAYING
IT'S EVEN WORSE THAN WHAT THE
PRIOR NUMBERS WERE SO YOU YOUR
OFFICE IS MAINTAINING THAT YOUR
REVENUE PROJECTIONS ARE
SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE L
Ó. AS OF THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET.
YES OUR NEXT OPPORTUNITY TO
UPDATE WILL NOT BE UNTIL THE MAY
REVISION. UM SO WE WOULDN'T
SPECULATE ON WHAT THAT WOULD DO
TO OUR PLAN OR WHAT THOSE
REVENUES LOOK LIKE AT THIS POINT
IN TIME, DO THEY CHANGE BETWEEN
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET AND MAY
REVISION EVERY YEAR? THEY
CERTAINLY DO. SO MY UNDERSTAND
IS YOUR POSITION IS YOU DON'T
INTEND TO UPDATE YOUR
PROJECTIONS UNTIL THE MAY
REVISION. IS THAT ACCURATE?
YEAH, THAT THAT'S TRADITION. OK,
WELL. I GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO JUST
WAIT TILL THEN. UH, I WANT TO
TRY TO UNDERSTAND, UM DAVID. YOU
SAID THAT THE CAUSE OF THE
REVENUE ARE I'M SORRY. THE CAUSE
OF THE ADDITIONAL SHORTFALL TO
78 BILLION IS A WEAK REVENUES,
SO THAT MEANS PEOPLE ARE PAYING
LESS TAXES, PEOPLE AND
CORPORATIONS. WHAT IS THAT?
GENERALLY MEAN? DOES THAT MEAN
PEOPLE MADE LESS MONEY LAST YEAR
IN CALIFORNIA OR LIKE CAN IS
THERE ANY LIGHT AND YOU CAN SHED
ON WHY THE PROJECTIONS ARE SO
MUCH LOWER. UM, SO I'M NOT OUR
ECONOMIST, BUT I'LL GIVE IT A GO
SO WITH WITHHOLDINGS IS JUST ALL
OF US AND WHAT WE'RE MAKING. SO
IT'S UM SO, UH, THE JOB MARKET
HAS BEEN STRONG AND EMPLOYMENT
HAS BEEN STRONG, BUT, UM, STILL
WHEN YOU LOOK AT WITHHOLDINGS,
UH, THEY'RE THEY'RE JUST NOT
ALSO, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
DOWNWARD REVISIONS TO GROWTH, SO
THE GOVERNOR IS EXPECTING GROWTH
AND WE'RE EXPECTING LIKE LESS OF
IT. SO IT'S LIKE FOLKS HAVE JOBS
AND THEY'RE DOING PRETTY WELL.
BUT WE'RE NOT SEEING THE KINDS
OF GROWTH AND WITHHOLDINGS THAT
WOULD BE NEEDED TO FUND THE
GOVERNOR'S PLAN. WHEN IT COMES
TO ESTIMATED PAYMENTS. THESE ARE
LOTS OF FOLKS, BUT THEY TEND TO
INCLUDE YOUR YOUR YOUR RICHER
FOLKS. AND SO THAT'S MUCH MORE
VOLATILE DEPENDING ON THEIR
CAPITAL GAINS. UM IN THE STOCK
MARKET HAS BEEN DOING WELL OVER
THE LAST FEW MONTHS IF IT
CONTINUES TO DO WELL THROUGH MAY
OR JUNE, UM THOSE ESTIMATED
PAYMENTS MIGHT, UH, START
TICKING UP AND APPEAR STRONGER.
WE JUST HAVEN'T SEEN THAT TO
DATE IN THE DATA, AND THEN I
DON'T PRETEND TO KNOW EXACTLY
WHAT'S GOING. I DON'T PRETEND TO
KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE
CORPORATE REVENUES, BUT THOSE
ARE SHOWING NOTABLE WEAKNESS AS
WELL. UM, SO THIS IS SUGGESTING
THAT THE ECONOMY RIGHT NOW IN
CALIFORNIA, ISN'T DOING AS GOOD
AS FOLKS AS HOPED AGAIN. THE WAY
THE GOVERNOR DESCRIBES IT IS
HE'S JUST MORE OPTIMISTIC THAN
WE ARE. I NÓ ONE'S SAYING, WE IN
A RECESSION, SO IT'S AGAIN. IT'S
A BIT OF AN ODD SPACE TO BE IN
WHERE WE HAVE SUCH A LARGE
BUDGET PROBLEM, AND IT'S DUE TO
JUST REVENUES HAVE SPIKED AND
SORT OF RECALIBRATING THEY ARE
DOWN FROM WHERE THEY WERE WHEN
THEY WERE SPIKING IN 22, BUT NOT
TO THE LEVEL OF A RECESSION AND
UNEMPLOYMENT IS TICKING UP A
LITTLE BIT, BUT NOT
SUBSTANTIALLY. I TICKED UP 0.2%
POINTS. WE ARE HIGHER THAN THE
NATION. SO CALIFORNIA IS
STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT MORE
THAN THE NATION. THIS IS WHAT
TENDS TO HAPPEN. WE SORT OF
STRUGGLE A LITTLE BIT MORE DOING
DIFFICULT TIMES AND DO A LITTLE
BIT BETTER IN GOOD TIMES. YEAH,
BUT MY FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND
YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT IT'S NOT
THAT WE'RE NOT GROWING. WE ARE
GROWING. WE'RE JUST NOT GROWING
AT A SPEED OR RATE HIGH ENOUGH
TO KEEP UP WITH SPENDING. AND SO
I GUESS MY CONCERN IS, UM EVEN
IN A GROWTH YEAR. WE'RE 70 THREE
BILLION DOLLARS SHORT. HEAVEN
FORBID WE EVER ENTER A RECESSION
. IT WOULD BE LIKE A DISASTER.
SO I JUST THINK THESE ARE
SOBERING CONVERSATIONS WE NEED
TO HAVE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE, UH, BEING WISE STEWARDS OF
THE PUBLIC'S RESOURCES AND
MANAGING THE MONEY IN A WAY.
THAT'S NOT GONNA YOU KNOW. PUSH
US OVER A CLIFF. YOU KNOW, IF
EVER THAT HAPPENS, SO I
APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR. THANK YOU, MR MCCARTY.
YES THANK YOU. AND YEAH, THIS IS
SOMEWHAT SOBERING. AND I THINK
OUR JOB HERE AND YOU'RE LEADING
IT. UH, MR CHAIR IS TO, UM,
PROTECT AS MUCH. AS WE CAN. FROM
THE REMARKABLE PROGRESS WE MADE
IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND ALL OF
EDUCATION. THE PAST DECADE, BUT
REALIZING WE DON'T HAVE
UNLIMITED REVENUES TO ADDRESS
THAT I. I WILL SAY THAT IT IS AN
INTRIGUING QUESTION ON THE, UM
ON THE EXPANDED ENROLLMENT. AND
WE SHOULD ASK THAT QUESTION TO
MR DRAKE IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES
HERE, BUT I WILL SAY THAT, UM, I
KNOW THAT THIS WAS A TOP
PRIORITY FOR THE PRIOR I STARTED
WITH THE PRIOR GOVERNOR AND THIS
GOVERNOR LEGISLATURE AND I WILL
SAY THAT IN THE LAST NINE YEARS
WHEN I'VE GONE AROUND IN MY
DISTRICT AND TALKED ABOUT ALL
THE THINGS WE'VE DONE FROM EARLY
EDUCATION AND DOUBLING Kò 12
FUNDING TO CAL GRANT REFORM, THE
FACT THAT WE HAVE MORE SLOTS FOR
MORE CALIFORNIANS WHO HAVE
PERFECT GRADES, AND I GOT
SQUEEZED OUT FOR A DECADE BY OUT
OF STATE RESIDENTS AND
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS. THIS WAS
THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT WE
HEARD BACK FROM. FOR MY
CONSTITUENTS AND ALL OF OUR
COLLEAGUES IN OUR CAUCUSES FOR
10 YEARS, SO THIS IS A TOP TOP
PRIORITY, AND IF WE CAN KEEP
DOING IT AND MISTER DRAKE SAYS,
WE'LL KEEP DOING IT. WE DON'T
NEED THE MONEY. THAT WOULD BE
AMAZING. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S
GONNA BE YOUR ANSWER, BUT WE
SHOULD ENTERTAIN THAT. THAT
SCENARIO. UM BUT BUT THIS IS, UM
YOU KNOW, I THINK OF A KNOWLEDGE
BASED ECONOMY AND WE NEED MORE.
UM UH, YOU KNOW, HIGHLY SKILLED
WORKERS TO FILL THE JOBS OF
TODAY AND TOMORROW AND YOU KNOW,
SO MANY OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS ARE GRADUATING WITH,
YOU KNOW A THROUGH G, UM,
CREDENTIALS AND GPA S¼ THAT ARE
U èC ELIGIBLE, LIKE NEVER
BEFORE. AND YOU KNOW 100 PLUS
1000 QUALIFIED STUDENTS AT U èC
L A AND U èC BERKELEY OF YEAR
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST
THE LOTTERY TO GET IN AND THE
FACT THAT WE ARE EXPANDING
ACCESS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A
GENERATION OF CALIFORNIANS IS
ONE OF OUR OUR BEST LEGACY
POINTS AND SO YOU KNOW, WE NEED
TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN AT ALL
COSTS TO CONTINUE. THAT BUT YOU
KNOW, WE SHOULD ASK ALL THE
QUESTIONS. EVERYTHING SHOULD BE
ON THE TABLE. BUT I JUST WANT TO
GIVE SOME PERSPECTIVE THERE.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.
CERTAINLY THE GOAL IS FOR MORE
CALIFORNIANS, UH, TO HAVE ACCESS
, SO WE'LL WORK ON THAT. 11 LAST
QUESTION. I ASKED TO THE
DEPARTMENT. UH, THE GOVERNOR IS
PROPOSING THE ELIMINATING THE
FUTURE. THREE $100 MILLION OF
ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WAS
PROPOSED FOR YOU. THE U èC L A,
UH, PROJECT. DOES THAT MEAN THAT
THE $200 MILLION THAT I'VE
ALREADY UH BEEN ALLOCATED IN
PREVIOUS BUDGETS HAS BEEN
UTILIZED AND IF THE COST OF THE
FACILITY WAS 500 WHAT IS GONNA
HAPPEN? SO FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE,
IT IS, UM, BEING UTILIZED AND
DEPLOYED, UH, YOU MAY HAVE
RECENTLY SEEN, UH, NEWS ARTICLE
AROUND. UM U èC L, A ACQUIRING
A PROPERTY. UH NEAR, UH, THE
CAMPUS AND THAT THAT PROPERTY IS
BEING CONVERTED TO, UH FULFILL
THE VISION BEHIND THE INVESTMENT
. UM, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE
THINK THAT 200 MILLION IS
SUFFICIENT WHEN COMBINED WITH
OTHER OPERATIONAL RESOURCES
AVAILABLE ON THE CAMPUS, AS WELL
AS PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY TO SEE
THAT PROJECT TO FRUITION. UH,
BUT IT IS IN PROCESS THEY HAVE
SIGNED AN AGREEMENT. THAT'S MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THEY HAVE
SIGNED AN AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE
THAT PROPERTY. THOSE RESOURCES
WOULD BE USED TO ACQUIRE THAT
PROPERTY AND OR TO, UM OUTFIT
THAT PROPERTY FOR ITS INTENDED
PURPOSE. SO I REMEMBER LAST YEAR
. ACTUALLY I SPECIFICALLY ASKED
ABOUT AND AGAIN DIDN'T DO A
REALLY GOOD JOB OF FOLLOWING UP
ON MY QUESTIONS. UH, I REMEMBER
SPECIFICALLY ASKED ABOUT WHAT
THE PROJECT WAS, AND, UH DIDN'T
REALLY HAVE A RESPONSE. SO I
THINK NOW I'M I'M CLEAR WHAT
YOU'RE TELLING ME IS THAT THIS
FUNDING IS GOING TO BE USED FOR
WHAT IS TITLED UAU èC L, A
INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY. AND
IT'S. THE CAMPUS OR THE SITE
THAT YOU YOU REFERENCE IN THE
RECENT NEWS ARTICLES THAT WERE
OUT THERE AND EVEN THOUGH THE
COST OF THAT PROJECT IS LIKELY
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS MORE. THE
UC SYSTEM, A COMBINATION OF THE
UC SYSTEM OR THE CAMPUS AND
PHILANTHROPY WILL COME UP WITH
THE DIFFERENCE IN ORDER TO MAKE
THIS TRANSACTION POSSIBLE. YEAH
I. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S OUR
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW IT WOULD
PROCEED. WHAT IS THE TOTAL COST
OF THIS PROJECT? IF YOU DON'T
KNOW, I FOLLOW UP ON THIS. I
DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME,
BUT WE DO HAVE THAT. AND WHEN
WE, UH NEXT PRESENT ON THE
BUDGET, WE CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE
THAT. APPRECIATE THAT. THANK
YOU, CHRIS. UM I DON'T SEE ANY
OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK
YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. UH, WE
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU HERE
A FEW MORE TIMES. WE DO HAVE 15
SCHEDULED HEARINGS IN THIS
COMMITTEE. SO WITH THAT WE ARE
MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT PANEL. UM,
WE HAVE LEADERS FROM THE EACH OF
THE SEGMENTS WE HAVE, UH, FOR
HER FIRST BUDGET HEARING,
CHANCELLOR GARCIA AND CHANCELLOR
CHRISTIAN FROM èC FIRST, UH èC
S¼ U AND THEN OUR COMMUNITY
COLLEGE SYSTEM. WELCOME TO YOU
BOTH ONCE AGAIN. CONGRATULATIONS
UH AND WE WELCOME YOU HERE AND A
RETURNING ONE MORE YEAR. UH IS
PRESIDENT DRAKE FROM THE UC
SYSTEM? THE THREE OF THEM WILL
JOIN US UP HERE AND UM I WELCOME
YOU ALL HOPE AGAIN. UH, I THINK
I'VE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH ALL
OF YOU ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES OF
THIS YEAR. YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD
THAT IN OUR INTRODUCTION. UM BUT
I HOPE AND I KNOW BECAUSE I'VE
SPOKEN TO ALL THREE OF YOU THAT
YOU ARE ALSO FOCUSED ON STUDENT
ACCESS AND STUDENT SUCCESS. AND,
UM AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU.
JOINING US AND SHARING YOUR
PERSPECTIVE FROM EACH OF YOUR
SYSTEMS. SO WE WILL START WITH,
UH SONIA CHRISTENSEN, OUR
CHANCELLOR FROM THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE SYSTEM. WELCOME. WELL,
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR ALVAREZ AND
SUB COMMITTEE MEMBERS. UM SO NEW
CHRISTIAN. EIGHT MONTHS INTO MY
ROLE AS CHANCELLOR OF THE
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
AND PREVIOUSLY CHANCELLOR OF THE
CURRENT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
DISTRICT IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY.
AND PRIOR TO THAT PRESIDENT OF
BAKERSVILLE COLLEGE. AFTER
COMPLETING MY BACHELOR'S DEGREE
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KERALA IN
INDIA. I CAME TO CALIFORNIA AS A
FOREIGN STUDENT. AND FELL IN
LOVE WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGES,
WHICH I SAW AND CALLED AT THAT
TIME A UNIQUELY AMERICAN
INVENTION. AS AN IMMIGRANT, I
BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A
REMARKABLE SYSTEM OF HIGHER
EDUCATION IN CALIFORNIA. THE S¼,
THE CSU AND THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGES THAT PUT EQUITY AND
EXCELLENCE AT THE CENTER OF ALL
THAT WE DO. LET ME ALSO SAY, MR
CHAIR HOW MUCH IT MEANS FOR YOU
TO NOT ONLY FEATURE A PANEL OF
STUDENTS PROVIDING THEIR
PERSPECTIVE ON THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET. BUT ALSO HAVE THOSE
STUDENTS GO FIRST. WHAT BETTER
WAY COULD WE START THE MEETING
BY HIGHLIGHTING STUDENT VOICES
AND THEIR PRIORITIES. I LIKE TO
START WITH SOME VERY GOOD NEWS.
ENROLLMENTS IN THE CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGES CONTINUE TO
GROW AT A RAPID RATE. I RECENTLY
RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM DR JOHN
HEZ. OUR LEAD OF DATA AND
RESEARCH THAT SYSTEM WIDE
ENROLLMENTS THIS FALL GREW BY
OVER 8% COMPARED TO FALL OF
2022. WE HAVE BOUNCED BACK TO
SERVING OVER 2 MILLION STUDENTS
FOR THE FIRST TIME. SINCE 2019
AFTER WE HAD A STEEP AND ROLLING
DECLINE DURING THE PANDEMIC. SO
IN THIS LAST YEAR FALL TO FALL
OVER 100,000 STUDENTS. THAT WAS
THE GROWTH NUMBER AND WE ARE
JUST LOOKING AT PRELIMINARY
NUMBERS, SO IT'S GOING TO BE
HIGHER. THEN THE NUMBERS WE SEE
TODAY. EVEN MORE ENCOURAGING IS
SOME OF OUR STRONGEST ENROLLMENT
GROWTH HAS BEEN IN STUDENTS FROM
GROUPS HISTORICALLY
UNDERREPRESENTED IN HIGHER
EDUCATION. OUR BLACK STUDENTS,
OUR LATINO STUDENTS, STUDENTS
WITH DISABILITIES AND STUDENTS
AGED 35 AND OLDER. SO THANK YOU.
MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND
THE NEW ADMINISTRATION FOR THE
FUNDS YOU HAVE PROVIDED FOR
ENROLLMENT AND RETENTION IN
RECENT YEARS, EVERY BIT COUNTS.
TO PUT THIS GROWTH IN
PERSPECTIVE. IN THE NATIONAL
PICTURE FROM FALL 2022 TO FALL
2023. CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COLLEGES ACCOUNTED FOR 50% OF
THE STUDENT HAD CROWNED HEAD
COUNT GROWTH FOR COMMUNITY
COLLEGES NATIONWIDE. IN
CALIFORNIA, SO LOOKING AT THE
STATE PICTURE FROM FALL 2022 TO
FALL, 2020 THREE CALIFORNIA èC
IS ACCOUNTED FOR 89% OF THE
GROWTH IN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
HEAD COUNT IN PUBLIC SECTOR
HIGHER EDUCATION. IN FACT, FOR
2020, THREE 24 INCREASED
ENROLLMENTS ACROSS THE STATE
HAVE LED TO A FUNDING DEFICIT
FACTOR OF 3.55. SO WE ARE OVER
PERFORMING COMPARED TO THE TO
THE FUNDING FOR THE STUDENT
CENTERED FUNDING FORMULA. AS
ESTIMATES AND RECALCULATIONS
HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE
HOPE TO SEE AN ELIMINATION OF
THAT SHORTFALL. I REALLY
STRESSED ENROLLMENT RECOVERY FOR
A 116 COLLEGES WHEN I STARTED
AND THE COLLEGES HAVE DELIVERED
I HOPE WE CAN FULLY FIND
COLLEGES AT THE LEVEL OF THE
GROWTH THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED.
NOW TO THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET,
SPECIFICALLY WE ARE VERY PLEASED
TO SEE THAT THERE ARE NÓ
REDUCTIONS PROPOSED BY THE
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
WE TRULY APPRECIATE THE
GOVERNOR'S SUPPORT FOR
CONTINUING TO FUND AFFORDABLE
STUDENT HOUSING, WHICH IS
CRITICAL TO ADDRESSING THE
HOUSING AND SECURITIES
EXPERIENCED BY OUR STUDENTS. WE
ARE EXCITED FOR THE GOVERNOR'S
PROPOSED INVESTMENT IN EXPANDING
COMMUNITY COLLEGE NURSING
PROGRAMS. THE HEALTH CARE
STAFFING CRISIS IS A MAJOR AREA
OF NEED FOR CALIFORNIA'S
WORKFORCE. A WORKFORCE THAT
REPRESENTS THE COMMUNITIES THEY
SERVE. IN FACT, WE ARE PUTTING
FINISHING TOUCHES ON A VISION
2030 DEMONSTRATION PROJECT THAT
SOLVES FOR BOTH INCREASING
REPRESENTATION OF WORKFORCE THAT
IS GROWING OUR OWN AS WELL AS
ADDRESSING THE SHORTAGE. THE
DEMONSTRATION PROJECT IS SHOVEL
READY SO WE CAN START
IMPLEMENTATION RIGHT AWAY. THANK
YOU, GOVERNOR NEWSOM AND TEAM
FOR THIS COMMITMENT, EVEN DURING
A TIME OF REVENUE CHALLENGES.
THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOR THE
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
APPROVED VISION 2030 A ROAD MAP
FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COLLEGES IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST
YEAR. IT MAINTAINS THE FRAMEWORK
OF VISION FOR SUCCESS, NOTABLY
RETAINING THE METRICS OF GETTING
STUDENTS TO COMPLETE A DEGREE OR
CERTIFICATE, ALWAYS WITH EQUITY.
VISION 2030 HAS MADE A FEW
ADDITIONS. IT HAS REINTRODUCED
THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCESS
SPECIFICALLY ACCESS WITH EQUITY.
THE PANDEMIC BROUGHT TO LIGHT
THE EQUITY FAULT LINES THAT
ALREADY EXISTED. THE VAST
MAJORITY OF STUDENTS WHO
DISAPPEARED DURING THE PANDEMIC,
WHERE FROM MINORITIZED
COMMUNITIES. VISION 2030 DOUBLES
DOWN ON EQUITY AND ACCESS AND
CALLS ON COLLEGES TO TAKE
EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO THOSE
CALIFORNIANS. 6.8 MILLION WITH A
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, BUT NÓ
COLLEGE CREDENTIAL WHO ARE IN
LOW INCOME JOBS. GETTING THEM ON
PATHWAYS TOWARDS A CREDENTIAL
THAT LEADS TO A HIGHWAY JOB WITH
THE NECESSARY SUPPORT SERVICES
AND SOCIAL SAFETY NETS. TO MAKE
THIS VISION OF ECONOMIC
MOBILITY, A REALITY. ENVISION
2030 DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS. WE
ARE PARTNERING WITH LABOR, LIKE
THE UNITED DOMESTIC WORKERS AND
THE UNITED HEALTHCARE WORKERS,
AS WELL AS INDUSTRY PARTNERS TO
EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES VIA NON
CREDIT INSTRUCTIONAL ON RAMPS
AND APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS.
FINALLY GIVEN THE FUTURE OF WORK
IS RAPIDLY CHANGING WITH THE
GREENING OF INDUSTRIES AND THE
IMPACT OF GENERATIVE A. I THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES ARE
MOBILIZING AND MOBILIZING FAST
IN ANTICIPATION OF THE SKILLS
AND ABILITIES THAT ARE NEEDED
FOR THE FUTURE WORKFORCE. SO
GIVEN THIS AMBITIOUS, OUTCOMES
DRIVEN AGENDA, A VISION 2030
THERE ARE A FEW BUDGET
PRIORITIES APPROVED BY OUR BOARD
OF GOVERNORS THAT I MUST
HIGHLIGHT, EVEN WITH THE CURRENT
REVENUE OUTLOOK. THE CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGES MUST HAVE A
STATEWIDE COMMON DATA AND
TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE 72 TECHNOLOGY
PLATFORMS WITH CAPABILITIES
VARYING VASTLY FROM DISTRICT TO
DISTRICT. SOME ARE RESOURCED AT
HIGHER LEVEL, AND OTHERS ARE
NOT. THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE
GETS THE DATA ABOUT 6 TO 8
MONTHS AFTER THE FACT. IN ORDER
TO ADVANCE THE TRANSFER AGENDA
AND LET THE DATA FLOW FROM OUR
SYSTEM TO THE CSU AND THE UCS TO
DEPLOY INTERVENTIONS FOR OUR
STUDENTS AT SCALE AND IN A
TIMELY WAY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
ON THE OUTCOMES. I BELIEVE WE DO
NOT HAVE A CHOICE BUT TO DEVELOP
THE SYSTEM WIDE INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND WITH THE RAPID ADVANCEMENT
OF MACHINE LEARNING AND A I
WHICH IS BECOMING MORE
UBIQUITOUS, AS WELL AS FOR
SECURITY REASONS AS BOTS ARE
GETTING MORE SAVVY IN ATTEMPTING
TO BREACH OUR SYSTEMS, IT IS
CLEAR THAT IMPLEMENTING THOSE
TECHNOLOGIES 72 TIMES AT OUR 72
DISTRICTS IS INEFFECTIVE,
INEFFICIENT AND NOT EQUITABLY
EXPERIENCED ACROSS OUR COLLEGES.
WE HAVE ALSO PRIORITIZED
IMPLEMENTING CREDIT FOR PRIOR
LEARNING AS A MAINSTREAM
OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE FOR OUR
VETERANS, WORKING ADULTS,
APPRENTICES, ETC. CURRENTLY CPL
IS APPLIED AT THE MARGINS OF OUR
OPERATIONS. WE HAVE TWO FOCUSED
DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS, ONE FOR
VETERANS AND A SECOND FOR
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS. THE
IDEA HERE IS NOT TO TREAT ON THE
JOB TRAINING AND COLLEGE AS TWO
MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE ENTERPRISES.
LEARNING IS LEARNING AND THE
LEARNING ECOSYSTEM MUST BE
EXPANDED TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE
APPLICABLE, LEARNING WHETHER IT
OCCURS IN THE CLASSROOM OR ON
THE JOB. WE ARE PLEASED THAT THE
GOVERNOR IS WORKING ON A
STATEWIDE CAREER EDUCATION PLAN
WITH A CRADLE TO CAREER DATA
SYSTEM. WE CONTINUE, OF COURSE,
TO BE STRONG ADVOCATES OF FULLY
FUNDING CAL GRANT REFORM SO THAT
THE TOTAL COST OF ATTENDANCE
DOES NOT IMPEDE EDUCATION OF OUR
STUDENTS. A QUICK WORD ON
POTENTIAL BOND MEASURES. GIVEN
THAT THERE MIGHT BE A CLIMATE
BOND IN OUR FUTURE, I WOULD CALL
YOUR ATTENTION TO THE ISSUE OF
CLIMATE ACTION AND THE ROLE OF
OUR SYSTEM AND OUR CAMPUSES IN
PREPARING TO PLAY ARE PREPARING
TO PLAY HELPING CALIFORNIA
MITIGATE SOME OF THE WORST
EFFECTS SUCH AS WILDFIRE AND
POWER OUTAGES THAT, UH, IMPACT
OUR, UM DISINVESTED COMMUNITIES.
IN THE EVENT OF A CLIMATE BOND.
WE HAVE SHOVEL READY PROPOSALS
FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
MICRO GRIDS TO ENABLE THEM TO
SERVE AS CRITICAL COMMUNITY HUBS
DURING EMERGENCIES AND NATURAL
DISASTERS. WE ARE ALSO
FINALIZING A PROPOSAL FOR THE
CLIMATE READY WORKFORCE BY
INVESTING IN THE NE NECESSARY
LABORATORIES AND BUILT EQUIPMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE. MENTAL HEALTH
HAS BEEN A PRIORITY FOR
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES,
AND WE HAVE A PROPOSAL, WHICH
COL. LOCATES MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES WITH THE HOUSING
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT FOR
UNHOUSED IN THE MENTAL HEALTH
BOND. OUR CAMPUSES CAN ALWAYS
BENEFIT FROM MO MODERNIZATION
AND SAFETY PROJECTS RELATED TO
AN EDUCATION BOND. ON A RELATED
NOTE. WE HAVE 100 AND 16
CAMPUSES AND 880 CENTERS ACROSS
CALIFORNIA ABOUT 200 FACILITIES
THAT CAN SERVE AS EASY TO ACCESS
HUBS FOR ANY KIND OF LARGE SCALE
EQUITABLE INFRASTRUCTURE
DEVELOPMENT. BUT JUST A FEW
HIGHLIGHTS FROM VISION 2030. YOU
CAN SEE THAT THE PLAN IS
OUTCOMES FOCUSED WITH CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGES MOVING
QUICKLY WITH THE LEVEL OF
URGENCY AND PRECISION LIKE NEVER
BEFORE. I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE
MORE SPECIFICS IN THE NEXT
SEGMENT OF OUR SESSION. THIS
CONCLUDES MY REMARKS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELCOME.
THANK YOU. CHAIR ALVAREZ AND
MEMBERS OF THE SUB COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY. I AM
DOCTOR MILDRED GARCIA,
CHANCELLOR OF THE CALIFORNIA
STATE UNIVERSITY. AND SINCE THIS
IS MY FIRST TIME APPEARING
BEFORE THIS BOARD, I'D LIKE TO
BEGIN WITH A FEW INTRODUCTORY
REMARKS. APPOINTED LAST JULY, I
BEGAN MY TENURE AS CHANCELLOR ON
OCTOBER 1ST. SERVING AS THE 11TH
CHANCELLOR. THE FIRST LATINA IN
THIS ROLE IS MY LIFE'S GREATEST
PROFESSIONAL HONOR AND ONE THAT
IS DEEPLY AND PERSONALLY
MEANINGFUL AS WELL. IN SO MANY
RESPECTS. THE CSU AND MISSION
MIRROR MY OWN. I SEE MYSELF IN
THE STUDENTS WE SERVE. I AM A
FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE
GRADUATE, THE DAUGHTER OF HUMBLE
AND PROUD PARENTS WHO MIGRATED
TO BROOKLYN FROM PUERTO RICO. I
GREW UP IN A POOR BUT
BEAUTIFULLY DIVERSE
NEIGHBORHOOD. NEAR THE FACTORIES
WHERE MY PARENTS AND FAMILY
WORKED. BUT WHILE MY NEIGHBORS
WERE DIVERSE, THEY HAD DREAMS
WERE THE SAME TO BE CREATE A
BETTER LIFE FOR THE NEXT AND
FUTURE GENERATIONS. THANKS TO MY
PARENTS' VISION AND SACRIFICE
AND THEIR DEEP APPRECIATION OF
THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER. OF
HIGHER EDUCATION. I HAVE LIVED
THAT DREAM. AND THAT'S THE
REASON I CHOSE TO RETURN. THE
CSU. I RETURNED FOR THE WORK
THAT WE DO THE STUDENTS WE
SERVE. AMERICA'S NEW MAJORITY
ARE FIRST GENERATION STUDENTS,
STUDENTS OF COLOR. LOW INCOME IN
ADULTS LOOKING FOR AND DESERVING
OF A BRIGHTER LIFE AND BRIGHTER
OPPORTUNITIES. AS CHANCELLOR. I
NOW HAVE THE PROFOUND PRIVILEGE
TO LEAD THE NATION'S AND MORE
MOST DIVERSE, FOUR YEAR
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, ITS GREATEST
DRIVER OF SOCIAL MOBILITY AND AN
ENGINE OF PROSPERITY AND
PROGRESS FOR THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. WELL MY TENURES ONLY
NEARING THE END OF ITS FOURTH
MONTH. THAT SHORT TIME HAS
DEMONSTRATED TO ME THAT THE èC
S¼ U IS ON A STEEPLY UPWARD
TRAJECTORY AND BUILDING POSITIVE
MOMENTUM. THE CSU STANDS ALONE
AMONG UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS AND ITS
SIZE. AND SCOPE. ARE 20. THREE
UNIVERSITIES ARE ANCHORS FOR THE
REGIONS THEY SERVE. THEY ARE
IMPORTANT ENGINES OF ECONOMIC
VITALITY IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
MANY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE PLACE
BOUND OR, AS I PREFER TO SAY
PLACE, COMMITTED AND RESIDE NEAR
THE CAMPUS THEY ATTEND. AFTER
GRADUATION. 80% OF OUR STUDENTS
CONTINUE. TO LIVE AND WORK
WITHIN A 50 MILE RADIUS OF THEIR
ALMA MATER. THIS MEANS THE
INVESTMENT WE MAKE IN THESE
STUDENTS IN ACADEMIC PROGRAMMING
AND HOLISTIC STUDENT SUPPORT IS
A DIRECT INVESTMENT BACK INTO
CALIFORNIA AND THE COMMUNITIES
ARE STUDENTS GO ON TO SERVE.
DURING THE REST OF MY REMARKS. I
WANT TO UNDERSCORE WHY THE
STATE'S ONGOING INVESTMENT TO
THE èC S¼ U WAS SO IMPORTANT.
FIRST THE FISCAL REALITY IS THAT
WE ARE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON STATE
FUNDING. UNLIKE OTHER
UNIVERSITIES AND UNIVERSITY
SYSTEMS IN CALIFORNIA AND ACROSS
THE NATION. THE CSU HAS AND IS
UTTERLY RELIANT ON ITS TWO
LARGEST REVENUE SOURCES. STATE
FUNDING, WHICH COMPRISES
APPROXIMATELY 60% OF OUR CORE
REVENUE AND STUDENT TUITION. AND
IF THE STATE FUNDING SET FORTH
IN THE COMPACT IS TAKEN AWAY OUR
PROGRESS IN ESSENTIAL MISSION
CRITICAL AREAS WILL BE SLOWED TO
THE DETRIMENT OF THE èC S¼ U S¼
DIVERSE AND TALENTED STUDENTS.
THANKS TO THE PROMISE OF THE
COMPACT. AS WELL AS THE TUITION
PLAN WE ADOPTED IN SEPTEMBER.
OUR MULTI YEAR BUDGET PLANNING
ALLOWED US TO NEGOTIATE
MULTIYEAR CONTRACTS WITH MOST OF
OUR UNIONS. WE NEGOTIATED
AGREEMENTS OR TENTATIVE
AGREEMENTS WITH ALL THE èC S¼ U
LABOR UNION PARTNERS AGREEMENTS
THAT WILL PROVIDE FAIR AND
COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION TO A
WORLD CLASS FACULTY AND STAFF
WHO ARE SO FUNDAMENTAL TO THE
SUCCESS OF OUR DIVERSE AND
TALENTED STUDENTS. EQUALLY
IMPORTANT WITH MULTIYEAR BUDGETS
. WE CAN PLAN AND BE PREPARED TO
MEET THE EDU EDUCATIONAL
COMMITMENTS FOR STUDENTS WHO
COME TO THE èC S¼ U, EXPECTING
THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO
COMPLETE THEIR DEGREES IN A
TIMELY MANNER. EACH STUDENT IS A
MULTIYEAR INVESTMENT FROM
EMISSIONS. TO GRADUATION AND
BEYOND. THE CSU'S FLAGSHIP
STUDENT SUCCESS EFFORT.
GRADUATION INITIATIVE, 2015 HAS
LED TO ALL TIME HIGHS IN
GRADUATION RATES AND FOR
STUDENTS FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS.
AND EVEN AS WE REDOUBLE OUR
EFFORTS TO REACH G, I 2020
FIVE'S BOW, STUDENT SUCCESS AND
EQUITY GOALS THROUGH AN EQUITY
ACTION PLAN A DATA DRIVEN FINISH
STRONG COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE. WE
ARE ENGAGING IN A CREATIVE AND
COLLABORATIVE SYSTEM WIDE EFFORT
TO REIMAGINE WHAT IT MEANS TO
ADVANCE STUDENT SUCCESS IN
EDUCATIONAL EQUITY AT THE èC S¼
U THROUGH 2025 AND BEYOND, IN
THE POST PANIC, HIGHER EDUCATION
LANDSCAPE. KEY INGREDIENT FOR
DOING THIS WELL IS HAVING A
SENSE OF WHAT REVENUES WE CAN
COUNT ON AND HOW THEY CAN BE
DEPLOYED TO MEET THESE FUTURE
CHALLENGES. A 23 UNIVERSITY
PRESIDENTS ARE BRILLIANT.
CREATIVE AND COMPASSIONATE
LEADERS AND MORE DYNAMICALLY
DIVERSE THAN AT ANY TIME IN THE
CSU'S HISTORY. TOGETHER AN IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH SYSTEM
LEADERSHIP. WE ARE WORKING TO
EXPAND ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY TO
MORE CALIFORNIANS THROUGH
STRATEGIC ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT,
ACADEMIC PROGRAMMING AND THE
PRUDENT ALLOCATION OF THE
RESOURCES ENTRUSTED TO US. IT'S
WORK THAT SHOWS GREAT PROMISE.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING GREAT
STRIVE IN TURNING WEAKNESSES
INTO STRENGTHS, INCLUDING
BOLSTERING OUR UNIVERSITY'S
CULTURE OF CARE AND COMPLIANCE
AND WORKING TO ENSURE THE TIMELY
AND RESPECTFUL REPATRIATION OF
NATIVE AMERICAN ANCES ANCESTORS
AND CULTURAL ITEMS STORED ON OUR
CAMPUSES FOR FAR TOO LONG. WE
CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH
COMMUNITY SERVICE PROVIDERS AND
ACROSS HIGHER EDUCATION SEGMENTS
TO IDENTIFY AND SCALE HIGH
IMPACT PRACTICES TO REMAIN A
NATIONAL MODEL FOR SUPPORTING
OUR STUDENTS BASIC NEEDS. IN
ADDITION OVER THE PAST DECADE,
AND WITH THE STATE'S HELP THE
èC èC S¼ U HAS MADE PROGRESS
ON OUR ACADEMIC FACILITIES AND
STUDENT HOUSING. WE PRUDENTLY
AND STRATEGICALLY RESTRUCTURED
AND ISSUED NEW LONG TERM DEBT
FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS UTILIZE ONE
TIME STATE AND èC S¼ U FUNDS
FOR CRITICAL CAPITAL RENEWAL
PROJECTS. AND WE ARE ACTIVELY
PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTING
SEVERAL ACADEMIC FACILITIES AND
AFFORDABLE STUDENT HOUSING
PROJECTS APPROVED BY THE STATE
IN RECENT YEARS. BUT QUITE
FRANKLY. WE HAVE FAR MORE TO DO
IN THIS AREA. WE MUST ADDRESS A
BACKLOG BACKLOG OF OVER $7
BILLION OF CAPITAL RENEWAL, AND
WE HAVE A NEED FOR TENS OF
BILLION DOLLARS MORE FOR MODERN
ACA ACADEMIC FACILITIES. THESE
EXAMPLES AND MANY MORE
UNDERSCORE AND UNDENIABLE
POSITIVE MOMENTUM FOR THE CSU. A
MOMENTUM THAT HAS ME PROFOUNDLY
OPTIMISTIC. ABOUT THE CSU'S
FUTURE. HOWEVER I MUST EMPHASIZE
A SUSTAINING THIS MOMENTUM
REQUIRES THE UN ONGOING FUNDING
SET FORTH IN THE MULTIYEAR
COMPACT FOR WHICH WE ARE DEEPLY
APPRECIATIVE. WE RECOGNIZE THE
STATE'S SIGNIFICANT BUDGET
DEFICIT. DUE TO A SEVERE AND
ONGOING DECLINE IN REVENUE. AND
WE ARE DEPLOYING DIFFICULT COST
CUTTING STRATEGIES AT BOTH
CAMPUS AND SYSTEM LEVELS. WE
HAVE STRETCHED. AND WILL
CONTINUE TO DO OUR PART TO MEET
THE CHALLENGES OF THE FISCAL
REALITY THAT CONFRONTS ALL OF
US. BUT AGAIN. I CANNOT
OVERESTIMATE THE IMPORTANCE OF
CONTINUE TO HONOR THE COMPACT
FUNDING EITHER AS ORIGINALLY
STRUCTURED OR AS MODIFIED IN THE
GOVERNOR'S JANUARY BUDGET
PROPOSAL. I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT
IN THIS REGARD. SO THAT WE CAN
CONTINUE TO TRANSFORM THE LIVES
OF MORE THAN OUR 460,000 AS MY
LIFE. WAS ONCE TRANSFORMED. I
WILL NEVER FORGET THE WORDS OF
MY PARENTS, WHICH SAID THE ONLY
INHERITANCE OF POOR FAMILY CAN
LEAVE ITS CHILDREN IS A GOOD
EDUCATION. MY PARENTS BELIEVE
THAT TO THEIR CORE, AND NOW
THOSE WORDS INSPIRE AND GUIDE ME
AS CHANCELLOR TO ENSURE THAT THE
INHERITANCE REMAINS AVAILABLE TO
ALL CALIFORNIANS. I LEAVE YOU
WITH A COMMITMENT. I COMMIT TO
YOU THAT THE CSU WILL CONTINUE
TO DEMONSTRATE THAT RESOURCES
ENTRUSTED TO US ARE NOT AN
EXPENDITURE. BUT AN INVESTMENT.
AN INVESTMENT WITH DIVIDENDS
MEASURED IN SOCIAL MOBILITY IN
MORE VITAL COMMUNITIES AND
EMPOWERING CALIFORNIA'S FUTURE,
DIVERSE AND EDUCATED WORKFORCE.
OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITIES
GREATEST COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
AT A SCALE. ONLY THE CSU CAN
PROVIDE. AND AFFORDABLE. HIGH
QUALITY HOUSE STATE DEGREE IS A
PRIVATE GOOD AND IT IS ALSO A
PUBLIC GOOD ONE WORTHY. OF YOUR
INVESTMENT. YOUR ALVAREZ. THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ADDRESS YOU TODAY. THANK YOU,
DOCTOR GARCIA. PRESIDENT DRAKE.
THANK YOU. CHAIR ALVAREZ. I
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE
HERE TODAY WITH MY COLLEAGUES
FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM AND THE
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
SYSTEM. I AM NOTICING THAT I'VE
BEEN BACK THREE AND A HALF YEARS
AND THERE HAVE BEEN SEVEN PEOPLE
SITTING IN THOSE TWO SEATS, SO I
APPRECIATE THAT, UH, DURING THAT
TIME, SO I APPRECIATE BOTH OF
YOU BEING HERE AND WANT YOU TO
KNOW THAT WE ALL WORK TOGETHER
ON A CONTINUAL BASIS, AND IT'S
GOOD TO SEE YOU BOTH, UH, DOCTOR
GARCIA AND I WORK TOGETHER,
THOUGH ACTUALLY, 15 AND MORE
YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS CHANCELLOR
AT IRVINE AND YOU WERE, UH èC
S¼ U PRESIDENT, SO IT'S NICE TO
BE REJOINED. TALKING HERE TODAY
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES AND
CHALLENGES FOR PUBLIC HIGHER
EDUCATION IN OUR STATE. AND FOR
THE UNI. I'LL BE SPEAKING ABOUT
THE THOSE CHALLENGES AND
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA IN PARTICULAR, BUT
LET ME AGAIN AS MY COLLEAGUES BY
EXPRESSING MY DEEP APPRECIATION
FOR THE LONG STANDING
PARTNERSHIP THE UNIVERSITY HAS
HAD WITH THE LEGISLATURE AND
WITH GOVERNOR NEWSOM. OVER THE
PAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HAS
BEEN LASER FOCUSED ON ENSURING
THAT WE ARE SERVING THE PEOPLE
OF CALIFORNIA WELL, AND ALL THAT
WE DO. FROM EDUCATING GROWING
NUMBERS OF CALIFORNIA
UNDERGRADUATES TO ENHANCING THE
PIPELINE OF TEACHERS AND HEALTH
CARE WORKERS TO EXPANDING OUR
HEALTH ENTERPRISE. THAT IT COULD
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE WORLD CLASS
HEALTH CARE AND TO REACH OUR
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. THE
SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED
FROM THE LEGISLATURE AND THE
GOVERNOR HAS BEEN KEY TO OUR
SUCCESS IN THESE AREAS. AND UH,
MEM MEMBER CARDY MENTIONED THE
CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD OVER
THESE PAST YEARS AND APPRECIATE
THAT SUPPORT. UM IN THE PRIOR,
UH, LEADERSHIP OF THIS
COMMITTEE. WE RECOGNIZE, OF
COURSE, THAT THIS IS NOT A
TYPICAL BUDGET YEAR. THE STATE
IS FACING A GROWING DEFICIT AND
CONTINUED FISCAL UNCERTAINTY.
THAT MEANS THAT ALL OF YOU AND
THE GOVERNOR ARE IN THE
UNENVIABLE POSITION OF HAVING TO
MAKE TOUGH CHOICES ABOUT NEXT
YEAR'S BUDGET AND WE ARE
TREMENDOUSLY GRATEFUL. THEN IN
HIS JANUARY BUDGET INTRODUCTION
THE GOVERNOR DEFERRED RATHER
THAN ELIMINATE IT ALTOGETHER,
THE 5% FUNDING INCREASE THAT HE
HAS PLEDGED IN THE MULTI YEAR
FUNDING PACKAGE OR COMPACT WITH
THE UNIVERSITY. WE STAND READY
TO WORK WITH ALL OF OUR PARTNERS
IN THE LEGISLATURE. TO PRESERVE
THAT FUNDING. SO THAT WE CAN
CONTINUE TO EXPAND ACCESS,
IMPROVE OUR OFFERINGS AND SERVE
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. WELL,
AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE INCREASES
IN FUNDING THAT YOU HAVE
PROVIDED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS
HAVE TRANSLATED INTO VERY
POSITIVE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS FOR
THE FALL OF 2020 THREE. FALL
2023 REPRESENTED THE
UNIVERSITY'S LARGEST
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT POPULATION
AND INCLUDED A RECORD NUMBER OF
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS. WE
ENROLLED THE SMALLEST NUMBER OF
NON-RESIDENT STUDENTS SINCE THE
FALL OF 2017 WITH THE THREE YEAR
DECLINE NOW STANDING AT 16.6.
THANKS TO STATE SUPPORT. FOR THE
SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. WE ALSO
REDUCED NON-RESIDENT ENROLLMENT
AND INCREASED CALIFORNIA
RESIDENT ENROLLMENT AT U èC,
BERKELEY, U èC, L A AND U èC
SAN DIEGO. UNDERGRADUATE
ENROLLMENT OF UNDERREPRESENTED
GROUPS ALSO INCREASED COMPARED
TO LAST YEAR. AND WE CONTINUE TO
ENROLL MORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
STUDENTS THAN ANY OTHER
UNIVERSITY OF OUR CALIBER IN THE
NATION. THIS IS REFLECTIVE OF
OUR STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM AND ONE
THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF. I WANT
TO THANK THE LEGISLATURE AND THE
GOVERNOR FOR MAKING THESE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS POSSIBLE. WE
WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OUR
ENROLLMENT FOR THE UPCOMING
ACADEMIC YEAR AND IN CONJUNCTION
WITH OUR PROMISES UNDER THE
CONTRACT UNDER COMPACT AND
BEYOND ENROLLMENT GROWTH. WE'RE
ALSO MAKING PROGRESS IN OTHER
COMPACT COMMITMENTS. I'LL SHARE
A FEW IMPORTANT HIGHLIGHTS.
FIRST THE COMPACT CALLS ON US TO
IMPROVE THE AFFORDABILITY OF THE
UNIVERSITY. BY CONTINUING TO
EXPAND DEBT FREE PATHWAYS FOR
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS. AND BY
REDUCING NON TUITION EXPENSES,
SUCH AS TEXTBOOKS, HOUSING, FOOD
AND TRANSPORTATION. I'M PROUD
THAT WE'VE BEEN FUNDING OUR OWN
DEBT FREE PROGRAM FOR TWO YEARS
NOW, WITH EXPANDED U èC
FINANCIAL AID AND THE STATE'S
MIDDLE CLASS SCHOLARSHIP
PROGRAM. AND IT'S WORKING. A
GRADUATING CLASS IN 2022 HAD THE
LOWEST PROPORTION OF STUDENTS
WITH DEBT IN THE PAST, 10 YEARS
AND MORE. MOST OF OUR CALIFORNIA
STUDENTS GRADUATE DEBT FREE IN
THE AREA OF STUDENT HOUSING.
SPECIFICALLY OUR CAMPUSES
CONTINUE TO BUILD MORE OF THE
INFRASTRUCTURE WE NEED FOR OUR
STUDENTS. AS YOU KNOW, OUR
CAMPUSES RESIDE IN SOME OF OUR
STATE'S MOST COMPETITIVE HOUSING
MARKETS. SO THE ADDING STUDENT
SO ADDING STUDENT HOUSING IS
CRITICAL AS A PRIORITY IN THESE
AREAS. SINCE THE LAUNCH OF OUR
STUDENT HOUSING INITIATIVE IN
2015 16. THE UNIVERSITY HAS
ADDED MORE THAN 28,000 BEDS
ACROSS THE SYSTEM. IN 2024 ALONE
, WE ARE BUILDING OR READY TO
CONSTRUCT MORE THAN 15,000 NEW
BEDS. AND WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER
6700 BEDS BY FALL OF 2025.
SECOND THE COMPACT CALLS ON THE
UNIVERSITY TO FULLY PARTICIPATE
IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
CRATER TO CAREER DATA SYSTEM.
I'M PLEASED TO SHARE THAT THE
UNIVERSITY TOOK THE LEAD IN
DRAFTING INITIAL DATA SPEC
SPECIFICATIONS TO SUPPORT CRADLE
TO CAREER AND OTHER SEGMENTS.
AND SERVED ON THE CRADLE TO
CAREER INFORMATION SECURITY TASK
FORCE TO HELP BUILD OUT
EFFECTIVE INFORMATION SECURITY
POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT
ALONG WITH TESTING AND
VALIDATION HELP TO MAKE THIS
PLAN SECURE. AS OF LAST FALL, WE
ARE ALSO SHARING STUDENT DATA
WITH THE CRADLE TO CAREER
SYSTEM. AND I'LL CLOSE BY
REITERATING HOW MUCH WE
APPRECIATE THE STRONG
PARTNERSHIP WE'VE HAD WITH THE
STATE LEGISLATURE. WE KNOW THAT
MANAGING SO MANY BUDGET REQUESTS
IS CHALLENGING. AND WE ARE
GRATEFUL FOR YOUR RECOGNITION OF
THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC HIGHER
EDUCATION TO THE FUTURE OF OUR
STATE. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR
INVITING ME TO SPEAK HERE TODAY
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING
QUESTIONS IN THE FOLLOWING FEW
MINUTES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
DOCTOR DRAKE. UM WE'LL START
WITH, UH, SOME QUESTIONS FROM
COMMITTEES AND I'LL START OFF
WITH A FEW AND THEN PASS IT ON
TO MY COLLEAGUES. I'LL TRY TO
KEEP THE QUESTIONS THAT APPLY TO
ALL THREE OF YOU, BUT THEY DO
HAVE SOME SPECIFICS. FIRST I'D
LIKE TO ASK ABOUT, UM, RESERVES,
UH, IN THE IN THE SYSTEM, THE
èC S¼ U SYSTEM AND THEN
PROBABLY MORE BY COLLEGE
DISTRICT. MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE ME
A FLAVOR OF WHERE THINGS STAND,
UH DISTRICT BY DISTRICT. FOR THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES, BUT, UM, CAN
YOU SHARE WITH US YOUR POLICY,
EITHER ESTABLISHED BY BOARD
POLICY BY TRUSTEES, UH, LIKE
GOVERNORS, UH, ON RESERVES AND
WHERE YOU CURRENTLY STAND. UH
AND HOW YOU WILL BE UTILIZING
RESERVES IN THE COMING YEAR,
GIVEN, UH, THE GOVERNOR'S
PROPOSAL. UM LET'S GO. LET'S GO
THIS WAY NOW FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.
LEFT YOU LEFT, OK, OK, OK. YEAH
SO WE HAVE, UM, THREE AREAS IN
WHICH WE HAVE, UM, RESERVES THAT
ARE GOVERNED BY FISCAL AND
FINANCIAL POLICY. WE HAVE
RESERVES IN OUR HOSPITALS. UH,
BECAUSE ABOUT A LITTLE MORE THAN
HALF OF OUR BUSINESS IS, UH UH,
IN THE HEALTH CARE ENTERPRISE,
AND, UH, SO THAT'S ONE PLACE
WHERE WE HAVE POOLED RESERVES.
THERE'S A RANGE FROM THE
DIFFERENT ACADEMIC MEDICAL
CENTERS AND THOSE RESERVES THAT
YOU KNOW ARE USED. ALL OF THE
ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS ARE
OVERSUBSCRIBED AT THIS. POINT I
DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAD THE
BOTH GOOD LUCK AND MISFORTUNE.
GOOD LUCK THAT WE WERE ABLE TO
SERVE A MISFORTUNE OF NEEDING TO
USE ONE OF OUR HOSPITALS OVER
THE LAST YEAR OR SO OR HAVE ANY
FRIENDS OR RELATIVES WHO HAVE A
FEW GO TO U èC DAVIS NOW AND
WALK INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
YOU'D SEE PATIENTS WAITING FOR
BEDS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE
ROOM TO GET BEDS THERE. AND THAT
WOULD BE THE CASE AROUND. UM OUR
OUR STATE. I KNOW AT ONE TIME,
UM, IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY, U
èC L A WAS LISTED AS 100 AND
20% OF BED CAPACITY, WHICH IS A
KIND OF A NON AN IMPOSSIBLE
NUMBER. SO DOING OUR BEST TO
GROW THE HOSPITALS AND THE
HOSPITALS AND GROWING MORE
HOSPITAL BEDS REQUIRE RESERVES
TO GO TO THE DEBT MARKET TO
BORROW THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
IT TAKES TO BUILD THESE, UH AND
YOU, YOU KNOW THAT WELL SO THEY
ARE UNDER RESERVES COMPARED TO
WHAT THE MARKETS WISH, UH,
RANGING FROM THE LOWER LEVELS OF
AROUND 60 DAYS OF CASH. UH IN
SAN DIEGO. THE MARKET. UM UH UH,
GOAL IS 100 AND 80 DAYS OF CASH
FOR THESE VERY, UH IN INTENSE,
HIGH REVENUE BUSINESSES. I
BELIEVE THERE ARE NUMBERS ON
AVERAGE, UH, AVERAGE OUT TO
ABOUT 100 AND 20. SO ABOUT TWO
THIRDS OF THE, UH OF THE GOLD,
BUT, UM, WE USE THE FACT THAT WE
CAN PULL RESERVES TO HELP US AND
THAT HELPS US A BIT IN THE DEBT
MARKET, BUT OUR HOSPITALS ARE
RELATIVELY UNDER RESERVED AT
TRYING TO GET TO THE MARKET
LEVEL. WE ALSO HAVE RE RESERVES
IN OUR HOUSING. UH UH, MARKETS,
WE AGAIN GO TO THE DEBT MARKET
TO BE ABLE TO BUILD HOUSING. I
MENTIONED THE TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF BEDS THAT WE'RE ADDING AND IN
STUDENT UH UH, IN THAT AREA. WE
KEEP RESERVES TO AGAIN GO TO THE
REAL ESTATE MARKET TO BE ABLE TO
GET THE MONEY THAT IT TAKES TO
BE ABLE TO BUILD THOSE, UH,
THOSE BEDS AND THEN WE HAVE, UH,
I'LL KNOW THAT MY OFFICE THE
PRESIDENT'S OFFICE KEEPS
RESERVES THE RESERVE POLICY.
THEREFORE OUR OFFICE IS, UH, $15
MILLION, WHICH I'LL SAY IS, UM,
SOME NUMBER OF HOURS OF RESERVE,
SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY NÓ RESERVES.
UM, UH, THERE FOR, UH, OUR
OFFICE. WE THE MONEY REALLY GOES
ALL TO THE TO THE CAMPUSES. UH,
WE HAVE OTHER MONEY. UH, LIKE
ENDOWMENT MONEY, BUT THE
ENDOWMENT I GONNA GET UH UM I
KNOW I'M SPEAKING PUBLICLY. 97
ISH PERCENT OF IT IS RESTRICTED,
PLEDGED FOR CERTAIN THINGS. SO
THAT'S UM SO WHAT WE DO IS OUR
VERY BEST TO HAVE ENOUGH
RESERVES TO BE PRUDENT, MOVING
FORWARD, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A
CHRISTIAN OUT OUT OF THE RIGHT.
I MENTIONED THE OTHER QUESTION,
I ASKED IS, HOW DO YOU
ANTICIPATE TO USE SOME OF THOSE
RESERVES GIVEN THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET PROPOSAL? YEAH, ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT WE WILL BE DOING
IS KIND OF MANAGING PLACES WHERE
WE WILL RESTRICT GROWTH AND
PLANS THAT WE HAD FOR THE FUTURE
NEXT YEAR TO KIND OF MODERATE
THOSE THINGS AND THEN WE WOULD,
IN SOME CASES, USE INTERNAL
BORROWING TO HELP US KEEP OUR
COMMITMENTS, FOR INSTANCE, TO
OUR OUR OUR WORKERS TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE CAN. UM UH UH, BE ABLE
TO SUPPORT THEM MOVING FORWARD.
SO THAT'S SO AS A HAVING THE,
UH, A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY
TO BE ABLE TO BORROW SHORT TERM
WOULD HELP US IN, UH, GET OVER
THIS HUMP FOR THE NEXT WILL TRIM
IN CERTAIN PLACES RESTRICT
GROWTH IN OTHERS, AND THEN WHERE
NECESSARY TRY TO BRIDGE THE GAP.
OUR GOAL IS TO KEEP UP WITH OUR
COMMITMENTS TO THE STATE FOR THE
COMPACT OVER THIS YEAR. THAT'S
COMING AS WE APPROACH. UM, UH,
NEXT YEAR. ACTUALLY THANK YOU
FOR REMINDING ME ABOUT THE
COMPACT. YOU HEARD THE EXCHANGE
I HAD EARLIER WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. IS IT
CLEAR TO YOU? WHAT UH, YOUR
OBLIGATIONS ARE UNDER THE
COMPACT. I THINK SO. YES I MEAN,
AS FAR AS OUR OBLIGATIONS TO
STUDENTS AND OUR GROWTH, WE HAVE
THOSE, UH, PROJECTIONS VERY
CLEARLY FROM THE COMPACT
ACTUALLY THROUGH THE NEXT FEW
YEARS, AND ACTUALLY WE PROJECT
OUT THROUGH THE END OF THE
DECADE. OK? UM SO IT'LL BE THE
SAME QUESTIONS DOCTOR GARCIA ON
WELL, THE èC S¼ U HAS POLICIES
WHERE YOU STAND AS A RESERVE. AS
OF JUNE 30TH. WE HAVE EIGHT
POINT 6,000,000,001 TIME. CASH
ON HAND. AND MOST OF THOSE,
THESE ARE 7.8 BILLION ARE
HEAVILY RESTRICTED BY STATE LAW
AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. SO IF YOU
LIKE EXAMPLES, 1.1 BILLION W WAS
WILL BE RETURNED TO THE STATE.
THE STATE CHANGED THE FINANCING
FOR MANY èC S¼ U CAPITAL OUTLAY
PROJECTS FROM ONE TIME FUNDING
TO BOUND FUNDING. SO THAT GOES
BACK TO THE STATE 2.4 BILLION
ARE FUNDS THAT ARE ALLOCATED
FROM SPECIAL FEES SUCH AS
HOUSING AND PARKING AND CAN ONLY
BE USED FOR THOSE ITEMS. AND
THIS GO ALSO INCLUDES LINE ITEMS
IN THE ANNUAL STATE BUDGET THAT
MUST GO TO CERTAIN PURPOSES AND
THEN 1.4 BILLION IS SET ASIDE
FOR SHORT TERM OBLIGATIONS, SUCH
AS FINANCIAL AID AND CONTRACTUAL
COMMITMENTS. WHEN YOU ADD THAT
ALL UP, WE HAVE $766 MILLION IN
RESERVES, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY
30 THREE DAYS OF OPERATIONS, AND
THAT'S HER ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY,
AND IT'S FAR BELOW THE 3 TO 6
MONTHS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE, AS
WE KNOW AND GREAT COUNTING
PRINCIPLES AS FAR AS HOW ARE WE
GOING TO USE IT? WELL, WE'RE
HOPING THAT THE COMPACT WILL BE
THERE. BUT IF WE HAVE TO USE THE
MONEY TO COVER THE COMPACT,
WE'RE PUTTING OURSELVES INTO
MUCH LOWER. MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
FOR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY FOR OUR
CAMPUSES. OK, BUT, UM YOU. THE
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL DOES DOES
NOT GIVE YOU THE COMPACT MONEY
THAT ROUGHLY 200 $40 MILLION. SO
YOU. WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR
OPTIONS NOW AND HOW WE'RE GOING
TO DO THAT. IF WE DON'T GET THE
COMPACT PART OF IT PROBABLY
WOULD BE USING SOME OF THOSE
FUNDS. SOME OF IT WILL BE
LOOKING AT. HOW DO WE READJUST
ON OUR CAMPUSES? AND HOW DO WE
MOVE FORWARD? OK? UM AND I YOU
REFERENCE GOOD ACCOUNTING
PRINCIPLES, BUT YOU YOU HAVE NÓ,
UH, POLICY. FROM THE èC S¼ U
BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN TERMS OF,
UM RESERVES. WE DO HAVE A
RESERVE POLICY ON HOW WE USE THE
RESERVE. BUT WE WOULD LOVE TO
HAVE SIX MONTHS. IT JUST HAS NOT
BEEN ABLE TO HAPPEN. I DIDN'T
CLARIFY THAT FROM THE
PERSPECTIVE. IS THERE A POLICY
FROM THE REGION? YES, IT IS IT
FOR OUR OF THE PRESIDENT'S
OFFICES FOR $15 MILLION, SO IT'S
ONLY ON THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE.
THAT'S THE POLICY THAT I'M AWARE
OF. YES, GOT IT. THANK YOU. UM,
I THINK THOSE QUESTIONS NOW
MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SYSTEM. SO
YOU KNOW, CHAIR ALVA AS YOU HAD
ALLUDED TO A COMMUNITY COLLEGES
HAVING THEIR LOCALLY GOVERNING
BOARDS, UM FROM THE CHANCELLOR'S
OFFICE AND A REGULATORY LANGUAGE
. IT'S VERY MINIMAL. IT'S ABOUT
TWO MONTHS OF OPERATING EXPENSES
SO IN IN THE EVENT, F REVENUE
DECLINES THEN, UH, LAYOFF STONE
KICK IN, SO THAT'S A VERY LOW
THRESHOLD NOW. HAVING WORKED AT
A LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN IN
DISTRICT. IT VARIES FROM
DISTRICT TO DISTRICT, AND THERE
ARE LOCAL BOARDS THAT HAVE A
HIGHER RESERVE PERCENTAGE THAN
THAN OTHERS. BUT BUT NOTHING
FROM OUR BOARD OF GOVERNORS.
IT'S TWO MONTHS. OK UM LET ME
ASK A QUESTION. UH OH. AND HOW
DID HAVE YOU HEARD FROM
DISTRICTS ON HOW THEY'RE GOING
TO UTILIZE SOME OF THOSE
RESOURCES, POTENTIALLY OR ARE
THEY MAINTAINING RESERVES? ARE
THEY GROWING RESERVES IS I. I
KNOW YOU HAVE MANY SYSTEM OR
MANY DISTRICTS. BUT ARE YOU
GETTING A SENSE FROM YOUR YOUR
WELL, THE GOVERNOR IS JANUARY
BUDGET FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES,
UH, SORT OF BALANCED IT USING
THE RAINY DAY FUND. UM SO WE ARE
WORKING IN GROWTH MODE,
ANTICIPATING, UH, TO BE KEPT
WHOLE GOING INTO 2425. IN FACT,
UM, WE HAVE A BIG AGENDA WHEN
YOU DUAL ENROLLMENT. UH, WE ARE
MOVING SOMETHING CALLED 1/9
GRADE STRATEGY WHERE EVERY
GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT
WILL HAVE AT LEAST A, UH 12
CREDIT COLLEGE CREDITS
ACCUMULATED BY THE TIME THEY
GRADUATE, SO IT WOULD BE HARD
PRESSED IN IN THIS GROWTH AND
SUCCESS AGENDA THAT WE ARE,
WE'RE MOVING TO BE SIGNALING
COMMUNITY COLLEGES THAT THEY
MIGHT BE DECLINE IN GROWTH
FUNDING. UM I'D ALSO INDICATED
THAT FOR 2324. WE'RE ALREADY
SEEING THAT OUR ENROLLMENTS ARE
AHEAD OF WHAT THE FUNDING LEVEL
IS. ASK YOU MORE ABOUT THAT IN A
SECOND, UM, THAT THIS IS ALL
TIED, UH, OBVIOUSLY TO
FACILITIES, WHICH I KNOW THERE'S
NEEDS. I THINK CSU WAS VERY
SPECIFIC ABOUT CALLING OUT NEEDS
. I'VE HEARD OF SOME NEEDS AT
THE, UH, COMMUNITY COLLEGE
SYSTEM. UM OBVIOUSLY, YOU SEE
SYSTEM AS WELL CAN THE THREE WE
WILL NOW GO THE IN THE OTHER
DIRECTION. CAN THE THREE YOU
SHARE WITH WITH US? UM WHAT YOUR
EXPECTATIONS ARE IN TERMS OF THE
STATE MAKING. UH, SUPPORTING
MAKING CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS
FACILITY NEEDS AT YOUR SYSTEMS.
I KNOW IN THIS STUDENT HOUSING
FRONT. UM WE HAD SOME VERY, VERY
DIFFICULT AND CREATIVE
CONVERSATIONS WITH BOTH THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND OUR
BOARD OF GOVERNORS WERE JUST
SUPER EXCITED WHEN THE REVENUE
LEASE BOND FUNDING. UH IDEA CAME
ABOUT TO MAINTAIN THE COMMITMENT
TO UH, TO STUDENT HOUSING. UH SO
WE'RE WE'RE HOPING WE CAN
CONTINUE, UH, TO COUNT ON THE
FINANCING STRATEGY THAT WAS
DISCUSSED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
THIS LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. SO
YOU'RE HOPING TO SEE LIKE WE ARE
IN THE MAY VICE SOMETHING AROUND
LEAST REVENUE BONDS TO OTHER
HOUSING FRONT. WHAT ABOUT ON, UH
, ACADEMIC FACILITIES? IS THERE
ANYTHING IN YOUR THE, UM THE
NEEDS. WE KEEP A RUNNING LIST OF
THE NEEDS TO UPGRADE OUR
CAMPUSES. THERE ARE WE HAVE A
SET OF CRITERIA THAT IS
CONNECTED TO SAFETY THAT'S
CONNECTED TO SUSTAINABILITY LIKE
RETROFITTING AND, UM AND THEN
JUST MODERNIZATION AS WELL. SO
OUR NEEDS ARE SIGNIFICANT. SO IF
THEY HAPPENS TO BE THE EDUCATION
BOND, WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY LIKE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO BE
CONSIDERED. THAT AS WELL. WHAT'S
THE TOTAL OF YOUR NEED? I KNOW
IT PROBABLY CHANGES REGULARLY.
BUT WHAT ROUGHLY FIGURE I'LL
NEED TO GET BACK TO YOU. I CAN
TEXT RENA WHO'S SITTING BEHIND
ME. WHO MIGHT TEXT ME THE ANSWER
. CHAIR ALVAREZ S¼ U. SO I THINK
NUMBER ONE. WE WERE. WE ARE
HOPING THAT THE EDUCATIONAL
FUNDING BOND WILL INCLUDE THE
èC, S¼, U AND HIGHER EDU HIGHER
EDUCATION FOR INSTITUTIONS. OUR
FACILITIES ARE EXTREMELY OLD ARE
YOU HEARD ME SAY IT'S ABOUT $7
BILLION IN DEFERRED MAINTENANCE,
SO WE'RE HOPING FOR THAT AND
HOPING THAT WE CAN GET SOME
HELP. YOU KNOW, THESE
INSTITUTIONS HAVE BEEN FOR A
VERY LONG TIME. AND SO WE NEED
SOME HELP IN THAT AREA.
OTHERWISE WHAT DO YOU USE ON A
REGULAR BASIS TO HELP FUND I
KNOW WE USED TO DO THESE BONDS
ON A MORE REGULAR BASIS, WHICH
SUPPORTED THIS TYPE OF
INFRASTRUCTURE. WE HAVE NOT DONE
THAT FOR SEVERAL YEARS. WHAT
WHAT, UH, TOOLS ARE BEING
UTILIZED CURRENTLY TO FACILITATE
CONSTRUCTION OF THESE TYPES OF,
UH, FACILITIES. WE DO USE OUR
FUNDING, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO GET
MORE INFORMATION ON THAT ONE.
GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
PRESIDENT. YEAH. SO WE HAVE, UM
SO WE WOULD HOPE IN FACT, TO BE
INCLUDED IN HIGHER EDUCATION
BOND AS WELL. I THINK THAT WOULD
BE EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT TO
THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE DOING.
WE ALSO USE PHILANTHROPY AND
OTHER THINGS TO RAISE MONEY AND
THAT'S VERY ACTIVE IN OUR
CAMPUSES. AND UM THERE'S A BIG
PART OF BOTH. WHAT HAPPENS ON
OUR CAMPUSES AND IN OUR HOSPITAL
. UM UH UH, GROWTH AND THEN THE
HOSPITALS ALSO, THEN BORROW
MONEY, UH, TO GROW THE
ENTERPRISE ITSELF, SINCE IT
CAN'T BE A REVENUE PRODUCING
ENTERPRISE, I DID LOOK AT
SOMETHING ELSE. NOTES I
MENTIONED IN RESERVES A 15
MILLION AT MY OFFICE, WHICH IS
THE CAP IS 15 MILLION OR THREE
0.5% 10 DAYS OR SO. SO THAT'S
WHAT WE USE AS A 15 MAIN ACROSS
THE CAMPUSES. THERE'S ABOUT $238
MILLION IN UNALLOCATED RESERVES
ACROSS THE 10 CAMPUSES. UM THAT,
UM, UH, REPRESENTS SOMETHING
LIKE ABOUT NINE DAYS OF CASH, SO
IT'S AGAIN VERY LOW. WE USE SOME
THE FACT THAT WE'RE POOLED CAN
CAN HELP. BUT THAT UM, BUT
THAT'S THE RESERVES THAT ARE
KEPT AND UNALLOCATED CASH IN THE
CAMP. THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING
THAT UM, I'LL JUST, UH, I'LL ASK
ONE OTHER QUESTION AND TURN IT
OVER. AND IT HAS TO DO WITH, UM
AND WE HAD A HEARING LAST YEAR
ABOUT THAT. AND I HEARD èC S¼.
U SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED THAT
BUT I KNOW IT'S BEEN AN ISSUE AT
, UH, U èC AS WELL. AND IF YOU
COULD JUST GIVE A BRIEF, YOU
KNOW, 32ND RESPONSE OF THAT THAT
DOESN'T PERTAIN NECESSARILY FOR
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEMS, BUT,
UM BOTH OF YOU ON WHAT YOU ARE
DOING. IN THAT REGARD. LET ME
NOT SURE. UH, WE ARE A FOLK
CLEARLY FOCUSED ON THIS. WE ARE
IMPLEMENTING THE AUDIT
RECOMMENDATIONS OF A B THREE 89
REQUIREMENTS. WE COMPLETING A
REVIEW OF OUR UNIVERSITY
COLLECTIONS, CREATING A STATE
WIDE ACT FOR POLICY. EACH
UNIVERSITY IS HIRING A FULL TIME
KORD. WE'RE CREATING SYSTEM WIDE
AND CAMPUS COMMITTEES THAT WILL
HAVE NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBAL
REPRESENTATION. WE HAVE A
PRESIDENT TOMAS MORALES WORKING
ALONG THE OTHER 22. IS TO MAKE
SURE THE PLANS ARE IMPLEMENTED.
HE IS WORKING CLOSELY, NOT ONLY
WITH THE PEOPLE WE HIRED TOO,
AND THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE BUT
ALSO WITH SECRETARY HITCHCOCK,
WHO CAME TO OUR BOARD MEETING
AND GAVE A PRESENTATION ON HOW
WE'RE GONNA WORK TOGETHER. UM
AND WE ARE ENSURING THAT WE ARE
GIVING A REPORT AT EVERY BOARD
MEETING ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH
CAL FOR AND OUR AND OUR
PROGRESS. THANK YOU. AT FIRST WE
HAD A POLICY ON NATIVE AMERICAN,
UH, CULTURAL AFFILIATION AND
REPARATION WHICH TOOK EFFECT ON
JANUARY 1ST 2022 JUST A BIT OVER
TWO YEARS AGO, FOLLOWING MANY
ITERATIONS TO INCORPORATE
REVISIONS IN THE CALIFORNIA
NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES,
PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION AT
CAL NRA UNDER A B 2836 AND A B
275 AND IMPORTANT FEEDBACK
ACTUALLY, FROM NUMEROUS
STAKEHOLDERS. UH, THE ISSUANCE
OF A POLICY, OF COURSE, DOESN'T
MEAN THAT IT'S A CONCLUSION TO
THE EFFORTS. IT'S A POS WAY. TO
UH, BE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE RECENTLY HIRED THE U èC
SYSTEM WIDE REPATRIATION
COORDINATOR. UH AND THIS IS A,
UH GLENNIS AVARI GLEN MIS AVARI
HAS BEEN WORKING WITH CAMPUSES
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS TO
SUPPORT AN EXPEDITE THEIR
REPATRIATION EFFORTS AND
ACTIVITIES. THERE ARE
REPATRIATION. UH LEADERS ON EACH
CAMPUS. UH U èC Ó P HAS
SUPPLIED SYSTEM WIDE FUNDING FOR
THIS WORK AND AS YOU KNOW,
EFFECTIVE FALL OF 2022 LET ME
SAY THAT WE, UH, INITIATED AND
LAUNCHED PROGRAM CALLED THE
NATIVE AMERICAN OPPORTUNITY
PROGRAM THAT FULLY COVERS
IN-STATE SYSTEM, WIDE TUITION
AND STUDENT SERVICES FEES FOR
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS OR MEMBERS
OF FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED NATIVE
AMERICAN, AMERICAN, INDIAN AND
ALASKAN NATIVE TRIBES AS PART OF
OUR EFFORT TO MAKE MORE
OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE FOR
STUDENTS FROM THESE COMMUNITIES
AS WE WORK ON REPATRIATION FROM
THE CAMPUSES OUT, BUT ALSO
WANTING TO OPEN OUR CAMPUSES TO
MORE STUDENTS. I APPRECIATE YOU
FOCUSING ON THE REPATRIATION. I
THINK THAT'S THAT WAS THE SORT
OF VERY EYE OPENING FIGURE
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ITEMS. AND
SO I THINK MAYBE THE NEXT TIME
WE CONNECT, YOU CAN GIVE AN
UPDATE ON WHERE THE NUMBERS
STAND NOW, GIVEN THAT IT'S BEEN
SEVERAL MONTHS SINCE THE AUDIT,
AND SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE
IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS
, BUT, UH, THAT SHOULD ALSO MEAN
THAT, UH, RURI IS HAPPENING, AND
SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT
THAT. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO. I
THINK MISTER FONG. YEAH. JUMP IN
HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, MR
CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO ALL OUR
COLLEAGUES FROM THE DIFFERENT
SEGMENTS. UH, FOR UH, THE
VARIOUS UPDATES. IN TERMS OF
STUDENT HOUSING. I KNOW
PRESIDENT DRAKE MENTIONED A
NUMBER OF BEDS ARE BEING
DEVELOPED, UH, GOING FORWARD IF
I CAN JUST HEAR, UM IN THE
VARIOUS SEGMENTS IN TERMS OF THE
STUDENT HOUSING REVOLVING LOAN
FUND. THE PULL BACK OF THE 901
194 MILLION OUT OF THE 200
MILLION SOME QUESTION I ASKED
EARLIER. BUT HOW DOES THAT
IMPACT YOUR RESPECTIVE SEGMENTS?
ARE THERE SEVERAL READY PROJECTS
IN EACH SEGMENTS? READY TO GO?
AND WHAT IS THAT DEMAND? READY?
UH, RIGHT NOW. AS I MENTIONED WE
HAVE 15,000 CURRENTLY UNDER
CONSTRUCTION. ANOTHER UH, 6700
THAT WE'D LIKE TO GET MOVING ON
THE REVOLVING LOAN FUND. THAT'S
A CRITICAL TO OUR BEING ABLE TO
MOVE FORWARD AT THE PACE THAT WE
WISH SO IT IT WAS A VERY, VERY
HELPFUL IT WOULD SLOW DOWN THE
TIME THAT THOSE BEDS CAME TO
MARKET. VERY SIMILAR TO MY
COLLEAGUE HERE. WE HAVE HOUSING
GOING ON IN MANY OF OUR CAMPUSES
, SOME IN CONSTRUCTION, SOME IN
DESIGN AND SOME SECOND GOING
FORWARD IN THE HÌ E S¼ HÌ Dð P
FUNDING SO THEY'RE IN DESIGN AS
WELL. IT WAS CERTAINLY SLOW DOWN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR OUR
STUDENTS. UH, WE HAVE 19
PROJECTS, UH, CLOSE TO 5000 BEDS
, AND WE'VE GOT AN ADDITIONAL 30
APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE COME IN,
BUT 19 ACTIVE PROJECTS. THANK
YOU. NOW THIS QUESTION WAS MORE
ON ENROLLMENT. UM AND I JUST
WENT TO CHANCE. A QUESTION FOR
US. IN TERMS OF THE ENROLMENTS
IS THE PANDEMIC. WE KNOW THAT A
NUMBER OF COLLEGES YOU MENTIONED
8% INCREASE IN OVERALL, BUT SOME
CAMPUSES HAVE GROWN TREMENDOUSLY
AND OTHER CAMPUSES HAVE DECLINED
. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
STRATEGIES THAT ARE OCCURRING
RIGHT NOW TO EXPAND WHERE I'M
ACROSS CALIFORNIA AT THE
CAMPUSES THAT HAVE SEEN THE
CLIENT AND WHAT DO YOU SEE AS
SOME OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES
GOING FORWARD? SO IN TERMS OF
THE FALL, UNOFFICIAL DATA THAT
DOCTOR HE SAID, SENT ME, UM 89
OF OUR COLLEGES, SO ENROLLMENT
GROWTH ABOVE 5. AND THERE ARE
FOUR COLLEGES THAT ARE FLAT OR
HAD NEGATIVE GROWTH, AND WE WERE
STILL WAITING FOR THREE COLLEGES
TO REPORT. SO THIS IS WHERE WE
DON'T HAVE THAT COMMON, UH, DATA
SYSTEM. UM WE ARE. WE ARE
FOCUSED IN, UH, THERE ARE A
VARIETY OF DIFFERENT STRATEGIES
FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
WE'RE MUCH MORE METHODICAL IN
OUR APPROACH TO DUAL ENROLLMENT.
WE'RE NOT A HAWKING IT. WE'RE
LOOKING AT PATHWAYS AND IT'S NOT
AN INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE
BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT AN
EQUITY AGENDA, SO WE ARE LOOKING
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUCTIONAL
PERIOD, HAVING A DEFAULT OPTION
WITH THOSE COLLEGE CLASSES, SO
THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE. WE'RE ALSO
LOOKING SPECIFICALLY JUST FOR
ONE MORE EXAMPLE. AND THEN I'LL
TURN IT OVER TO CHANCELLOR
GARCIA. IS OUR ADULTS, OUR LOW
INCOME ADULT POPULATION. THERE
IS A SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN FALL
OF 2023 ON THOSE WHO ARE 35 AND
OLDER AND WE HAVE WHAT IS CALLED
THESE ON RAMPS INTO PATHWAYS.
UH, THAT WE ARE, UH, EXPANDING,
VERY INTENTIONALLY TAKING IT OUT
THROUGH OUR LABOR, UM,
ORGANIZATIONS TO FIND THE
WORKERS AND WE ARE TAKING THESE
VERY SPE SPECIFIC. UH, TRAINING
LIKE èC N, A MEDICAL ASSISTANT
. VERY VERY SPECIFIC AREAS OF
FOCUS IN THE PRIORITY SECTORS
IDENTIFIED BY THE GOVERNOR.
THESE ARE JUST EXAMPLES. I
BELIEVE AND TALK ABOUT FLEXIBLE
SCHEDULING. WE'RE LOOKING AT
SHORT TERM CLASSES THAT HAVE
BEEN HIGHLY EFFECTIVE RATHER
THAN WAITING JUST FOR THE 15 TO
16 WEEKS SEMESTER. GREAT. THANK
YOU. WE HAVE ABOUT EIGHT
CAMPUSES THAT ARE ARE HAVING
SOME ENROLLMENT ISSUES. WE'RE
LOOKING AT NUMBER ONE OBVIOUSLY
MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION,
WORKING WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL'S
NUMBER TWO AND WORKING WITH OUR
COMMUNITY COLLEGES NUMBER 31 OF
THE THINGS THAT BECAUSE OF OUR
PARTNERSHIP, UH, CHANCE OF
CHRISTIAN HAS GIVEN US THE LIST
OF A Dð Tð COMPLETES THAT HAVE
NOT APPLIED AND ACTUALLY DOING
THE OUTREACH TO FIND OUT IF THEY
CAN COME TO OUR CAMPUSES. THAT
IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. WE'RE
DOING A èC S¼ U TRANSFER
PLANNER. THAT IS, UH IMPORTANT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CALIFORNIA
COLLEGE GUIDANCE INITIATIVE AS
WELL TO WORK WITH THOSE CAMPUSES
. AND SO THOSE CAMPUSES ARE
REALLY THE OTHER THING I WILL
SAY TO YOU IS THAT I'M WORKING
WITH PRESIDENTS THAT REALLY
THINK ABOUT WHO'S IN YOUR
COMMUNITIES. WHAT ARE WHO ARE
THOSE ADULTS? WHO ARE THOSE
COMPANIES THAT MAY NEED TO
UPSCALE AND HOW DO WE WORK TO
ENSURE THAT WE'RE GETTING
EVERYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITIES TO
COME BACK TO THE èC S¼ U OR TO
BE IN THE èC S¼ U? THE OTHER
THING WE'RE DOING IS SOMETHING
CALLED, UH, DO WE HAVE A PROGRAM
THAT WILL ACTUALLY GO OUT TO
PEOPLE WHO HAVE LEFT? AND 2016.
WE HAVE 100 AND 30,000 PEOPLE
THAT HAVE LEFT AND WE ARE DOING
AN OUTREACH, TELLING THEM THAT
WE WILL WAIVE A APPLICATION.
READJUST YOUR GP S¼ AND BRING
THEM BACK AND HELP THEM TO COME
BACK TO THE CSU. THANK YOU.
WELL, WE'RE, UH UM, AS YOU KNOW,
UM UH, QUITE, UH, HEAVILY
OVERSUBSCRIBED. UM OUR U èC L,
A CAMPUS IS THE MOST APPLIED TO
CAMPUS IN THE COUNTRY. UH, UH,
LOOKING AT SOMETHING LIKE 10 ISH
PERCENT ACCEPTANCE RATE, GIVEN
THE NUMBER OVER 100 AND 50,000
APPLICATIONS FOR UNDERGRADUATE
ADMISSION THERE. SEVERAL OF OUR
CAMPUSES ARE IN THE TOP 10
NATIONALLY IN THE NUMBERS OF
APPLICATIONS THAT THEY RECEIVE,
SO WE'RE LIMITED REALLY, BY OUR
OUR SPACE AND, UM, CAPACITY NOT
BY BY DEMAND. AND OUR JOB IS TO
CONTINUE TO DO ALL WE CAN. IN
FACT, WE'RE WATCHING IT
CONTINUED TIME 2 DEGREES
SHORTENING. I BELIEVE I SAW 4.07
YEARS. UM WHICH IS QUITE
SPECTACULAR FOR YOUR UNIVERSITY,
SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO SHORTEN
TIME 2 DEGREES AND DOING OUR
BEST TO ALLOW MORE STUDENTS TO
HAVE ACCESS TO A U èC APPLICA,
UH, EDUCATION TRYING TO INCREASE
THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO
GRADUATE IN FOUR YEARS OR FEWER,
AND, UH AND THEN TRYING TO BUILD
SUPPORT SERVICES TO TAKE CARE OF
THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE LIVING
CLOSE TO OUR CAMPUSES, SO IT'S
REALLY, IN OUR CASE, IT'S TRYING
TO DEAL WITH THE DEMAND. THANK
YOU. AND FOR PRESIDENT DRAKE,
UH, THANK YOU TO ALL THE
SEGMENTS FOR THE UPDATE THERE A
SIMILAR QUESTION. I ASKED
EARLIER. IN TERMS OF THE U èC A
MISSIONS FOR U èC, LAU, èC,
SAN DIEGO AND U èC BERKELEY TO
MAINTAIN THAT COMMITMENT FOR THE
STATE CALIFORNIANS, UH,
POPULATION GROWTH. HOW IS THE
PROPOSED REFERRAL? GONNA UM,
AFFECT THAT. YEAH SO WE'RE I
MEAN, WE'RE COMMITTED FOR THIS
YEAR BECAUSE THIS IS ALREADY
THIS IS NOW FEBRUARY AND SO WE
ARE REALLY IN THE PROCESS OF
ADMITTING STUDENTS FOR THE FALL,
SO WE WOULD BE COMMITTED TO
MOVING FORWARD THAT GAP FUNDING
REALLY DID ALLOW US TO EXCHANGE
OUT OF STATE FOR CALIFORNIA
STUDENTS, AND YOU SAW THAT WE
WERE ABLE IN EACH OF THOSE
CAMPUSES TO DECREASE THE NUMBER
OF NON-RESIDENT STUDENTS
INCREASE THE NUMBER OF
CALIFORNIA STUDENTS THE PROGRAM.
UM THAT AMOUNTS TO ABOUT 1000
STUDENTS 900 STUDENTS PER YEAR.
UH AND SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE
FORWARD WITH THAT. BUT IF THE
PROGRAM WEREN'T FUNDED IN THE
FUTURE, WE'D HAVE TO RE
EVALUATE. THANK YOU. AND ONE
FINAL QUESTION, MR CHAIR. UH,
THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, LAST YEAR
WE HAD A VERY ROBUST DISCUSSION
ON TARO NINE A REFORM AND THE
REPORTS THAT CAME OUT IF WE CAN,
UH, IF WE CAN HAVE EACH SEGMENT,
ESPECIALLY, UM TO PROVIDE
UPDATES ON THE TITLE. NINE
REFORMS WHERE WE ARE WHAT TYPE
OF SPORT THERE IS, BUT ALSO HOW
WE CAN, UH, CONTINUE TO MOVE
FORWARD ON IMPLEMENTING A 1009
REFORMS. OH, SORRY FOR
CHANCELLOR GARCIA. WE ARE
SINGULARLY FOCUSED ON TITLE
NINE, BECAUSE NOT ONLY BECAUSE
OF THE AUDIT BUT ALSO OUR COS
COS AND O'CONNOR REPORT THAT
GAVE US 100 AND 50
RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE ARE LASER
FOCUSED AND LOOKING AT THOSE AND
HOW WE ARE MOVING FORWARD. IT'S
A LAW. I HAVE LOTS TO TELL YOU
ABOUT TITLE NINE. YOU'D STOP ME
WHEN YOU WANT ME TO STOP. BUT
STARTING AT THE CHANCELLOR'S
OFFICE, WE HAVE AN ASSOCIATE
VICE CHANCELLOR THAT WAS HIRED
WITH OVERSIGHT AND WE'RE
BRINGING IN EIGHT EXPERTS IN
THOSE AREAS TO HELP OUR CAMPUSES
. IN ADDITION TO THAT OUR
CAMPUSES ARE HIRING A TITLE NINE
PERSON AND THEY'RE STARTING
THEIR IMPLEMENTATION TEAMS IN
ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS
ARE HAPPENING, ACCORDING TO THE
REPORT IN THAT REPORT, IT'S A
SIS. WE'RE LOOKING AT SYSTEM
WIDE FRAMEWORK AND
STANDARDIZATION. AND SO I'VE
TOLD YOU ABOUT THE PEOPLE WERE
HIRING, AND WE ARE ALSO
RECRUITING FIVE NEW CIVIL RIGHTS
ATTORNEYS WITHIN THE OFFICE OF
GENERAL COUNSEL BECAUSE THOSE
ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY
NEEDED TO DO TITLE NINE. THE
OTHER THING THAT I SHOULD SAY IS
, UH, THROUGH THIS INCREASED
OVERSIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO DO ON
BOARDING AND ONGOING HANDS ON
OVERSIGHT. WE'RE DOING TRAINING
OF OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES,
PRESIDENT, SENIOR LEADERS AND
SUPERVISORS ABOUT TITLE NINE.
WE'RE GONNA DO SYSTEM WIDE
STRATEGIC PLANNING REGARDING
TRAINING, PREVENTION AND
EDUCATION RESPONSIBILITIES, AND
WE'RE GONNA HAVE ROBUST WEB
PRESENCE FROM THE SYSTEM WIDE
TITLE NINE OFFICE TO SET AN
EFFECTIVE AND CLEAR TONE FROM
THE TOP, AND THAT'S VERY
IMPORTANT. WE'RE ALSO GONNA HAVE
GUIDANCE. AND 23 UNIVERSITIES
AND THE CHANCES OFFICE TO HAVE
UNIFORM CLEAR AND STREAMLINE
GUIDANCE ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT AND
ENFORCE OUR POLICIES. SO WE'VE
ISSUED, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE
ISSUED IN INITIAL CASE
ASSESSMENT GUIDANCE TO MAKE SURE
WE'RE DOING THAT WE HAVE
INSTRUCTED THE CAMPUSES ON THE
DATA THAT NEEDS TO BE PRESERVED
FOR EVERY FILE. WE'RE GOING
REALLY DOWN TO THE NITTY GRITTY
HERE WE WILL BE ISSUING FURTHER
GUIDANCE ON POLICY
INTERPRETATION. DISCIPLINARY AND
CORRECTIVE ACTIONS FOR INFORMAL
RESOLUTION PREVENTION AND
SUPPORT AND WE ARE ENSURING
ACCOUNTABILITY ON THE CAMPUS TO
THE DAY TO DAY OVERSIGHT OF
THOSE SYSTEM. WIDE DIRECTORS. I
TOLD YOU, WE ARE HIRING. WE'RE
DOING A COMMUNICATIONS PLAN AND
EDUCATION PLAN A PREVENTION PLAN
. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT OUR
BOARD WANTS A REPORT ON OUR
PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTING THAT AT
EVERY BOARD MEETING. THANK YOU.
AND PLEASE KEEP US POSTED AS
WELL ON THE PROGRESS HERE. THIS
IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN A VERY
BIG PRIORITY FOR THE LEGISLATURE
FOR THE ASSEMBLY AND NÓ NUMBER
OF MY COLLEAGUES. WE HAVE A
ROBUST PACKAGE OF BILLS AND AS A
NEW CHANCELLOR. PRIORITY FOR ME.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
CHANCELLOR. I'LL BE BRIEF. UH,
FIRST, ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES HAVE
SYSTEM WIDE TITLE OR DEFICIT
HAVE TITLE NINE DIRECTORS. WE
HAVE A, UH, A SYSTEM WIDE OFFICE
. WE, ACTUALLY AS OF YESTERDAY,
UH, LAUNCHED A NEW OFFICE OF
SYSTEM RIGHTS, CIVIL RIGHTS. UH
WHICH WILL WE'RE SEEING NOW?
TITLE NINE DISABILITY RIGHTS AND
CIVIL RIGHTS BROADLY FOR THE
CAMPUSES, SO WE HIRED A VERY
SENIOR NATIONAL LEADER, I'D SAY
HIRED. UM I GOT A TEXT YESTERDAY
THAT THIS PERSON HAS ACCEPTED
OUR OFFER. SO THIS PERSON WILL
BE STARTING, UM, IN THE AND I
THINK THE PERSON I HAVEN'T
COMMUNICATED WITH THE PERSON
YET. SO I GUESS THAT THEY'RE
HEARING THIS THROUGH ME. I
CONGRATULATIONS. AND WELCOME.
UM, BUT, UM, BUT, UM, TO BE
STARTING ON APRIL 1ST, AND IT'S
REALLY TO LOOK AT TITLE NINE AND
ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN
INVOLVED IN TITLE NINE, BUT ALSO
DISABILITY SERVICES AND ALSO
BROADLY DISCRIMINATION AGAINST A
VARIETY OF OTHER PROTECTED
CLASSES. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE AND I I'LL GIVE THIS
QUICK EXAMPLE IF WE HAVE SOMEONE
WHO'S A POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW, FOR
INSTANCE, THEN THAT PERSON
DURING A GIVEN CAN BE ACTING AS
THOUGH THAT PERSON CAN BE LIKE A
STUDENT WORKING WITH THEIR
MENTOR LIKE AN EMPLOYEE WORKING
IN A LAB INDEPENDENTLY, OR LIKE
A TEACHER WORKING, UH, OVER
SUPERVISING OUR UNDERGRADUATE
STUDENTS, AND WE FIND THAT THERE
ARE TIMES WHEN A TRANSGRESSION
BY THAT PERSON WOULD BE BE
TREATED DIFFERENTLY IF IT WERE A
FACULTY MEMBER, UH, A STUDENT OR
AN EMPLOYEE, SO WE WANT TO WORK
TO ELIMINATE THOSE, UH UH,
DIFFERENCES AND MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE UNIFORM ACROSS OUR
CAMPUSES UNIFORM ACROSS THE
CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE THAT WE
HAVE WORKING WITH US AND SO
WE'RE VERY EXCITED. ABOUT THIS
NEW SYSTEM WIDE OFFICE, WHICH WE
ANNOUNCED LAST SPRING, RECRUITED
DURING THE FALL AND JUST, UH,
ANNOUNCED. UM UH, YESTERDAY THAT
IT IS NOW OPEN, SO I'M LOOKING
FORWARD TO THAT. THANK YOU. I'LL
BE REALLY BRIEF. UM UH, WE HAVE
A TITLE NINE COORDINATOR ON OUR
DISTRICTS AT A DISTRICT LEVEL.
AND UH, FROM MY OFFICE. WE'VE
RAISED THE VISIBILITY. OUR
OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL
RECENTLY PUT ON ADVISORY TO ALL
OF THE LEGAL OFFICES ACROSS A
DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, AND WE'RE
ALSO FOCUSING ON PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT OF FACULTY STAFF, SO
THEY'LL BE RAISING THE AWARENESS
OF EVERYONE TO REALLY BE
SENSITIZED TO THESE ISSUES.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
THANK YOU, MISTER. ME. THANK YOU
. QUESTION FIRST FOR, UH DOCTOR
GARCIA. UM. SO IT IT. IT APPEARS
THAT THE, UH CSU TRUSTEES VOTED,
UH, FOR A TUITION INCREASE OF 37
34% OVER FIVE YEARS. IS THAT
CORRECT? IT'S UH, 6% EACH YEAR
FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 30%
OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. SOUNDS
LIKE OK. UM BUT IT'S MY
UNDERSTANDING THAT, UH, THAT
WITH THAT 30% INCREASE IN
TUITION OVER FIVE YEARS THAT
THERE IS A COMMITMENT TO SET
ASIDE A PORTION OF THAT MONEY
FOR FINANCIAL AID SO THAT UH,
SIMILAR TO THE, UH, AT LEAST
SOME IF YOU KNOW, UN UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA CAMPUSES THAT A
SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF
STUDENTS WOULD NOT BE PAYING ANY
TUITION IS THAT ONE THIRD OF ONE
THIRD OF THE TUITION IT GOES
INTO OUR STATE UNDERGRADUATE
GRANT. ONE THIRD OF WHICH FUND
GOES INTO THE TUITION. ITS OK,
SO, UH, BASED ON AND IN FIVE
YEARS WHAT PERCENTAGE OF
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WILL BE,
UH, TUITION FREE? ALL I CAN SAY,
LET ME GIVE YOU WHAT I KNOW.
WHAT I KNOW NOW IS ABOUT 80
ABOUT 60% OF OUR STUDENTS WHO
DON'T DO NOT PAY TUITION BECAUSE
OF FINANCIAL AID. CURRENTLY UH,
ABOUT 80. GET SOME FORM OF
FINANCIAL AID, SO THAT I MEAN.
WHEN I FIRST HEARD THE 30% OVER
FIVE YEAR INCREASE THAT SOUNDED
VERY ALARMING, BUT IT CURRENTLY.
60% DO NOT PAY ANY TUITION AND,
UH, APPROXIMATELY 60% RIGHT? AND
SO THIS TUITION INCREASE
INCLUDES A COMMITMENT THAT YEAH,
THAT COMMITMENT WILL WILL
CONTINUE. YES. LET ME ADD A
LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE WE'RE
WORKING ON. WE HAVE A FINANCIAL
AID TASK FORCE THAT HAS BOARD
MEMBERS AND OUR TEAM LOOKING AT
FINANCIAL AID IS TOTAL COST OF
ATTENDANCE FOR THE STUDENTS.
IT'S NOT SO MUCH TUITION. SURE
IT IS TOTAL COST OF ATTENDANCE.
AND HOW DO WE USE ALL OUR FUNDS
TO LOOK AT? HOW DO WE HELP
STUDENTS WITH TOTAL COST OF
ATTENTION? II. I FULLY
UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT I JUST WANT
TO ASK UNDERSCORE THAT BECAUSE I
THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR
STUDENTS. YES, UM UH, 34% OK? UM
. QUESTION FOR, UH, DOCTOR
CHRISTIAN. UM SO ARE.
INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THE
COMMITTEE AND THE, UM. BUDGET
AGENDA. UM, INDICATES THAT, UH,
THAT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
ENROLLMENT PLUNGED BETWEEN 2019
AND 2021 AND ONLY 13 OF 72
COLLEGE DISTRICTS ENDED. THE
2223 SCHOOL YEAR WITH, UH,
HIGHER FULL TIME ENROLLMENT THAN
IN 2019 2020. UM, YOU INDICATED
EARLIER THAT THERE IS A. WHAT
OVER 80 SCHOOL DISTRICT 80
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS.
THAT UM, ARE SHOWING ON A
TRAJECTORY OF INCREASING
ENROLLMENT BY OVER 5. THAT'S THE
FALL OF 2020 THREE. THE YEARS
THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WE
WENT FROM 2.1 MILLION TO ABOUT
1.8. SO THAT WAS A HUGE DECLINE
FROM 2019, AND WE STARTED SEEING
THE UPTICK IN 2220 THREE. AND
THEN NOW IN 20 THREE 24 THE FALL
23 NUMBERS. THOSE ARE THE
PRELIMINARY NUMBERS THAT I WAS
SHARING. IT'S A SIGNIFICANT
GROWTH AND WE BELIEVE THAT BY
THE END OF THIS SPRING SEMESTER,
WE WILL BE AT THE 2.1. MILLION
LEVEL BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, WITH A
FALL NUMBERS, WE ARE ABOVE 2
MILLION, WITH THREE COLLEGES
STILL NOT REPORTING, OK, SO IN
OTHER WORDS, YOU YOU PROJECT TO
BE, UH, A PRE PANIC NUMBER PRE
PANDEMIC LEVELS. OK AND, UM,
JUST FOR MY CLARIFICATION, UM
THE COMMUNITY. COLLEGE GROWTH
FUNDING INCLUDES FUNDING FOR THE
DUAL ENROLLMENT. UH, STUDENTS.
YES, OK. UM. OK, II. I JUST
WANTED TO SAY THAT, UH AND, UH,
BIG SUPPORTER OF THE DUAL
ENROLLMENT PROGRAM, II. I KNOW
MANY OF OUR, UH HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH YOU KNOW,
PURSUE THE MOST RIGOROUS UH UH,
COURSEWORK THAT THEY CAN SHOW TO
THE YOU KNOW ARE ARE UNIVERSITY
APPLICATION OFFICERS AND SO THE
DUAL ENROLLMENT, UH, PROGRAM IS,
UH, IT'S DEFINITELY A POPULAR
PROGRAM IN IN IN MY DISTRICT. UM
THANK YOU. TURNING TO THE, UH,
THE QUESTIONS REGARDING, UH, A
CAPITAL FACILITIES. UM. SO OUR
STAFF ANALYSIS. UH UM PROVIDES A
LIST OF CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT
ARE PROJECTED TO BE FUNDED. UM.
USING THE LEASE REVENUE BOND
THAT IS TO BE PROPOSED IN THE IN
THE MAY REVISE, UM FOR DOCTOR
DRAKE AND DOCTOR GARCIA. UM.
COULD YOU? UH UH. TALK ABOUT
WHAT CAPITAL PROJECTS WOULD NOT
BE COVERED BY THE LEASE REVENUE
BOND. THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE
COVERED. IF THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA AND THE CALIFORNIA
STATE UNIVERSITY WERE INCLUDED
IN THE, UH PROPOSED EDUCATION
BOND. YEAH, AND I WOULDN'T BE
THE ONE TO ANSWER THAT. THAT'S
THE THAT'S THAT'S TO GRANULAR
FOR ME. SO LET ME SAY THAT WE'LL
GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. SAME IF
HE DOESN'T KNOW, YOU KNOW. OK
ALL RIGHT. FAIR ENOUGH. UM OK?
I. I MAY GET THE SAME RESPONSE,
BUT, UH FOR DOCTOR DRAKE, UM. AS
A FORMER U èC L A STUDENT I. I,
UH UH, NOTED THAT THE UNIVERSITY
OF CAL THE U èC L A, UH HAS IN
RECENT YEARS. UH, MADE AT LEAST
TWO HIGH PROFILE. UM
ACQUISITIONS OF, UH OF, UH OF,
UH, CAPITAL FACILITIES, ONE AT
THE WEST SIDE PAVILION IN WEST
LOS ANGELES. AND THE SECOND, UH,
THE, UH, ACQUISITION OF, UH, THE
FORMER MAYOR MOUNT CALIFORNIA
UNIVERSITY IN MY DISTRICT IN IN
IN PALOS VERDES. HOW ARE THOSE
ACQUISITIONS FUNDED? GOSH UM UH,
I WILL SAY IN BOTH CASES FIRST,
THE WESTFIELD MALL. UH, THE UH,
WE WAS FUNDED IN PART BY THE
MONEY THAT WE MENTIONED EARLIER
TODAY THAT THERE WAS AAA
PROVISION IN THE STATE BUDGET
FOR MOVING THAT FORWARD. I WILL
SAY THAT THIS IS A SEVEN YEAR
PROJECT THAT HAS TO BE BUILT
OUT. AND SO THE SPEED AND THE
FULLNESS OF THE BUILD OUT AND UM
UH, WILL DEPEND ON FUNDING THAT
COMES FORWARD FOR THROUGH
PHILANTHROPY AND OTHER THINGS
OVER THESE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS,
BUT INITIALLY, THAT'S WHERE THE
CAPITALIZATION CAME. AND
ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY
HOW I CAN NOT REMEMBERING
EXACTLY HOW U èC L, A FUNDED
MARYMOUNT, THE ISSUE THERE WAS,
THOUGH, THAT I MENTIONED THE
INCREDIBLE AND, UH, PRESSURE
THERE IS ON THE CAMPUS FOR A
SPACE AND SO THERE'S AN
OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD INTO SPACE
AND GENERATE REVENUE FROM THE
STUDENTS AND FACULTY. OTHERS
THAT WILL BE THERE. SO THERE'S A
REVENUE STREAM. UH, AS WE CAN
GROW THE ENTERPRISE AND THIS WAS
SEEN AS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO
DO THAT. AS YOU KNOW, IT WAS. IT
WAS QUITE EFFECTIVE. UM, IT WAS
QUITE COST EFFECTIVE. SO YOU
KNOW, I, I CERTAINLY AM PROUD
NOT ONLY AS A U èC L, A BRUIN,
BUT ALSO SEEING SIGNS IN MY
DISTRICT OF U èC L, A SOUTH
BAY, UH, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I,
UH SAID THE CHANCELLOR BLOCK
THAT I WANTED TO HAVE A U èC L,
A SOUTH BASED SWEATSHIRT, BUT,
UH I, I I'M STILL TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THAT
WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT, UH UH ABOUT, UH, YOU
KNOW, THE EDUCATION BOND. AND
YOU KNOW WHAT? UH ALTERNATE
ALTERNATE SOURCES OF, UH OF
FINANCING. UM. THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA HAS A AS AT ITS
DISPOSAL. I UM I MEAN, IS IT
FAIR TO SAY IT SOUNDS LIKE UH UH
UH, PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS, AT
LEAST HAD SOME, UM, UH PART IN
THE ACQUISITION OF THE WEST SIDE
PAVILION? YEAH BROADLY, ALL OF
OUR OUR GROWTH. PHILANTHROPIC
MONEY IS IMPORTANT TO OUR OUR
GROWTH BROADLY, WE CAN'T WE HAVE
A GROWTH PRESSURES THAT EXCEED
OUR, UH, NON PHILANTHROPIC. UH
UH, FUNDING AND THEN WE ALSO
HAVE GONE TO DEBT MARKETS WHEN
WE GROWING EFFECTIVELY, AND IT'S
A BALANCE BETWEEN THOSE, UM,
THAT HELP US. AND WHEN YOU ASKED
ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS, WE
HAVE A BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF
CONSTRUCTION GOING ON AT A GIVEN
TIME IN PARTICULAR, I WOULD SAY
IN OUR HEALTH SCIENCES NOW, YOU
KNOW THERE'S NEW HOSPITAL GOING
UP IN SAN FRANCISCO AND OTHER
PLACES, SO THERE'S GREAT
PRESSURE, BUT WE BUILD INTO THE
FUTURE AND TRY TO BALANCE THE
FINANCING FOR THOSE THINGS
APPROPRIATELY, AND I CERTAINLY
APPRECIATE I'M A U èC L A
HEALTH UH UH, MEMBER AND SO II.
I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT, UH
OPTION BUT IN MY CORRECT IN
UNDERSTANDING, THEN THAT IN IN
TERMS OF THE ACQUISITION OF THE
U èC L, A SOUTH BAY CAMPUS THAT
THAT THERE WAS AT LEAST SOME
PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS INVOLVED
IN THAT, I'M SURE YEAH, AND I'LL
SAY THIS THAT WHEN WE BOUGHT THE
SO THE PROPERTY, I'M GONNA
REMEMBER THE PURCHASE PRICE WAS
RELATIVELY MODEST. WE THEN HAVE
TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE RETROFIT
APPROPRIATELY AND THEN WE CAN
BUILD THE FACILITIES FOR
STUDENTS AND FACULTY TO OCCUPY
AND THE QUALITY OF THOSE AND THE
RATE AT WHICH YOU BUILD. THOSE
DEPENDS ON A VARIETY OF THINGS,
INCLUDING PHILANTHROPIC. OK UM
BUT, UH, I WOULD APPRECIATE IF
YOUR STAFF CAN FOLLOW UP AND
GETTING ME A BREAKDOWN OF HOW
THOSE ACQUISITIONS ARE FINANCED.
THANK YOU, UH, FOR DOCTOR
GARCIA. I MEAN, II. I MET WITH
SOME OF YOUR REPRESENTATIVES,
UH, TWO WEEKS AGO AND THEY WERE
VERY QUICK TO EMPHASIZE THAT, UH
THE, UH THE èC S¼ U WAS NOT IN
THE SAME POSITION WITH THE AS
THE IN TERMS OF HAVING, UH,
ACCESS TO THOSE KIND OF
PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS. BUT AND
THAT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE. I MEAN,
I AM THANKFUL WE HAVE THE U IN
IN CALIFORNIA, BUT THEY'RE ALUMS
ARE IN VERY HIGH POSITIONS. WE
ARE SERVING REALLY THE WORKERS
AND THE GREAT MINDS THAT TAKE
CARE OF OUR HOSPITALS, OUR
TEACHERS, WE REALLY THE TEACHERS
. WE HAVE THE SOCIAL WORKERS.
THESE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT
ARE GOING INTO OUR COMMUNITIES
THAT DON'T MAKE THE KIND OF
MONEY THEY ARE. YOU KNOW, WE DO
HAVE SOME èC E Ó S¼, BUT NOT
AT THE LEVEL THAT THE U èC HAS.
WE DO RAISE MONEY. OUR
PRESIDENTS ALL RAISED THAT THE
MONEY, BUT IT'S NOT TO THE
LEVELS OF THE WE DO HAVE DONORS
WHO DO GIVE US DOLLARS FOR
BUILDINGS BUT AGAIN, NOT AT THAT
SAME LEVEL. IT'S THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN BEING A U èC, A
RESEARCH ONE IN A REGIONAL
COMPREHENSIVE UNIVERSITY, AND I
COULD TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I
SERVED AT THE AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION OF STATE COLLEGE
UNIVERSITIES WITH THREE 50 OR
400. DEPENDING ON THE YEAR
INSTITUTIONS THAT WE SERVE OUR
REGION. WE DON'T HAVE THAT HIGH
PHILANTHROPIC AND ENDOWMENTS
THAT OUR RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES
WE SO PRIVILEGED TO HAVE IN THIS
COUNTRY. YEAH, II. I JUST WANT
TO SAY IN CLOSING, UH, THAT, UH
YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD LOVE TO,
UH, TO SUPPORT ALL OF OUR PUBLIC
HIGHER EDUCATION SEGMENTS. UH,
UH, WITH, UH, OUR EDUCATION BOND
. WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, AS WITH
THE BUDGET, WE'RE WE'RE HAVING
VERY DIFFICULT, UH, DISCUSSIONS
ABOUT? UH UH ABOUT, UH, BONDS.
WHAT BONDS ARE GOING TO BE MOVED
FOR HOW LARGE ARE THE BONDS
GOING TO BE AND WHO'S GONNA BE
INCLUDED IN THE BONDS, AND SO,
UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR
INFORMING THAT TINY THING JUST I
APPRECIATE AND WE WE'VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT PHILANTHROPY AND
WE COULD NOT BE MORE GRATEFUL.
LET ME SAY A SIGNIFICANT
FRACTION OF THE PHILANTHROPY. UH
UH, FUNDS RESEARCH AT VERY HIGH
LEVELS AT VERY EXPENSIVE. VERY
HIGH LEVELS, AND ANOTHER
SIGNIFICANT TRACTION FUNDS ARE
HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CARE
FACILITIES AGAIN AT VERY HIGH
LEVELS. VERY EXPENSIVE THINGS.
THE FUNDING, WHICH WE APPRECIATE
BROADLY THAT COMES FROM HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF DONORS, UH, THAT
HELP SUPPORT THE EDUCATIONAL IS
MORE MODEST AND I JUST WANT TO
MAKE SURE THOSE WE DON'T INFLATE
THE THOSE. UH UM UH, THOSE
FUNDING SOURCES. SO FOR EXAMPLE,
THE WEST SIDE PAVILION I
UNDERSTAND IT IS TO BE GOING FOR
IMMUNO IMMUNOLOGY RESEARCH. IS
THAT PART OF THE MEDICAL? UH SO
PART OF THAT IS PART OF THE
MEDICAL THEN ALSO, THEY WILL BE
QUANTUM COMPUTING THAT GOES
THERE SO THAT WOULD FIT IN THE
SCIENCE AND HEALTH, SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY ARENA THAT I'M
SPEAKING OF BIG NUMBERS, BUT
THOSE ARE VERY EXPENSIVE THINGS.
AND, YEAH, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. YOU HEARD ME ASK
QUESTIONS EARLIER ON THE U èC L
A ACQUISITION. I OBVIOUSLY
AWAITING WHAT THAT MEANS,
ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A SEVEN YEAR
PROJECT. UH, WHAT THAT MEANS IN
TERMS OF POTENTIALLY ADDITIONAL,
UM INVESTMENTS THAT ARE EXPECTED
OF THE OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. SO WE'LL BE AWAITING
WHAT THAT COST BREAKDOWN IS AND
EXACTLY WHERE THAT PROJECT
STANDS. UM, BUT I BUT ONE POINT
I'M APPRECIATE OUR CHAIR OF
EDUCATION AND LEADER OF OUR BOND
CONVERSATION, UH, HE
ACKNOWLEDGING SORT OF THAT THAT
DISPARITY BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST
THE ACCESS TO THE PHILANTHROPIC
DOLLARS THAT THEN BUILD TO THE
BUILDINGS. BUT THEN WHEN YOU
HAVE THE BUILDINGS, YOU CAN
BRING MORE STUDENTS AND THEN
THAT MEANS THAT WE FUND THOSE
STUDENTS AS A STATE, AND SO IT'S
SORT OF A UH, IT'S GOOD. WE
ALWAYS WANNA SERVE MORE STUDENTS
. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY THE CASE.
BUT THEN THERE'S SOME THAT CAN
DO THAT. AND SOME THAT CAN'T
BASED ON WHO CAN RAISE THE
MONEY. SO THERE'S A DISPARITY
THERE. THAT CERTAINLY I THINK IS
WORTHWHILE CONVERSATION. UM, I
WANNA ASK THE THREE OF YOU
BECAUSE YOU'RE YOU HEARD YOUR
STUDENTS. I THINK, I. I THINK
YOU WERE ALL HERE WHEN THE
STUDENTS REPRESENTING THE THREE
OF YOU SPOKE SO ELOQUENTLY AND
ALL THREE OF THEM AND AGAIN
WITHOUT UM, ANY YOU KNOW, PRIOR
COORDINATIONS SPOKE ABOUT COG
REFORM AND THE SIGNIFICANCE THAT
IT MEANS FOR STUDENTS CAN YOU
SHARE FROM YOU, UH, SYSTEMS
PERSPECTIVE. WHAT THAT MEANS TO
YOU. IF HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO
REVIEW WHAT CAL GRANT REFORM
IMPLEMENTATION WOULD DO IN TERMS
OF ACCESS NUMBER OF STUDENTS YOU
COULD SERVE, UH, ON ON YOUR
SYSTEM WIDE. UH, LEVEL. UM,
WE'LL START WITH PRESIDENT
DRAKE. BUT WE HAVE A PROGRAM.
THAT'S UH, IT'S THE FIRST CAR
GRANT IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND
REALLY, UH UH, A NATION LEADING
IN ITS SUPPORT OF STUDENTS, AND
I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE A PLAN
TO HAVE A DEBT FREE PATHWAY
AVAILABLE TO ALL STUDENTS
ADMITTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA BY 2030. CAL GRANT
REFORM IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF
US GETTING TO THAT GOAL, UM SO
FINGERS CROSSED. I THINK THAT
WOULD BE A WONDERFUL THING ABOUT
NOW ABOUT, UM, AS I MENTIONED
MOST OF OUR CALIFORNIA STUDENTS
LEAVE WITH NÓ DEBT, SO THAT'S
THAT'S TERRIFIC. WE WENT AND THE
DEBT THAT OUR STUDENTS LEAVE
WITH IS LOWER THAN THE NATIONAL
AVERAGE. UM BY ABOUT A THIRD
ABOUT $17,000 ON AVERAGE, VERSUS
CLOSER TO 30,000 FOR THE
NATIONAL AVERAGE, AND THE LAST
FIGURES I LOOKED AT SAID THAT
39% OF OUR STUDENTS HAD DEBT IN
61% THAT DIDN'T SO THAT'S GREAT.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE.
THOSE NUMBERS DOWN IN CAL GRANT
PERFORM WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT
PART OF US BEING ABLE TO, UH, TO
GET THERE THAT THAT'S VERY
HELPFUL TO JUST TO BE CLEAR. YOU
2030 DEBT FREE PLAN. RELIES ON
CAL GRANT REFORM. THANK YOU. I
HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO REALLY
LOOK INTO. I KNOW ABOUT CAL
GRANT. BUT IF YOU WANT THE
DETAILS, I'D HAVE TO GET BACK TO
YOU ON ALL OF THOSE DETAILS TO
SEE HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK FOR
THE èC S¼ U. GREAT. THANK YOU.
THE TWO QUICK DATA POINTS THAT
ARE IN MY HEAD. IT'S 100 AND
10,000 NEW STUDENTS WHO WOULD
QUALIFY. AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING
FOR IS, UH, SORT OF PARODY WITH
OUR WITH OUR, UM COLLEAGUES
ACROSS THE èC S¼ U S¼ AND THE U
èC S¼, UH, IT'S NOT THE
TUITION. IT'S THE TOTAL COST OF
ATTENDANCE IS THE PRIMARY FOCUS
FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES, BUT 100
AND 10,000 WOULD BENEFIT AT THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEVEL. LET ME
I THEN WHAT OTHER THING THAT
I'LL SAY I KNOW THAT THAT THE
DATA I SAW JUST YESTERDAY ON
THIS MEANT THAT THERE'S SOME
ADJUSTMENTS. THERE'S SOME PLUSES
AND SOME MINUSES AND THE REFORM
PACKAGE. SO I'D ALSO HAVE TO BE
VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW THOSE
WILL AFFECT OUR OUR OUR LONG
TERM. YEAH, SURE. AND I'M NOT
GONNA HOLD YOU TO SPECIFIC
NUMBERS 110,000 MIGHT BE, BUT
JUST TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT IT
MEANS TO A STUDENT AT EACH ONE
OF YOUR SYSTEMS, UM, THAT THAT'S
SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW WHAT
I'M HOPING IS THAT IT DOESN'T
HAPPEN WITH THE MOVEMENT FOR
SHORT TERM HELL. IN THE DETAILS
RIGHT THAT WHEN A STUDENT GOES
TO A COMMUNITY COLLEGE HOW MANY
CAL CAN THEY HAVE IF THEY MOVE
FORWARD TO THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE
? BECAUSE MANY OF OUR STUDENTS
AS YOU WELL KNOW, LEAVE THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND COME OVER
TO US. SO THE DEVIL'S IN THE
DETAILS AND THAT'S WHY I WANT TO
LOOK AT THE ANALYSIS. UM NOW I
HAVE, UH, MAYBE ONE QUESTION FOR
EACH OF YOU, WHICH AGAIN ARE
SORT OF AS WE SAID AT THE
BEGINNING SOME OF THE DIFFICULT
CONVERSATIONS THAT WE NEED TO
HAVE, UM, ENROLLMENT COMMUNITY
COLLEGE. I HEAR YOU TALK ABOUT
THE 2 MILLION NUMBER. WHAT IS
THE F Tð E EQUIVALENT BECAUSE
THE DATA THAT WE HAVE STILL
SHOWS AT LEAST AS A FALL OF 2023
AND A FULL TIME EQUIVALENT BASIS
STILL UNDER, UH, PREPA NUMBERS.
IS THAT STILL THE CASE? OR ARE
YOU SAYING THAT THE DATA YOU
HAVE NOW INDICATES THAT THE FULL
TIME EQUIVALENT IS, UH,
ESSENTIALLY BACK ON PAR TO PRE
MÐI 2019 LEVELS. SO THE FALL OF
2023. IT'S A LITTLE OVER A
MILLION FTES. UM. THE STUDENT
HEADCOUNT IS OVER 2 MILLION BY
THE FTE IS OVER. A MILLION. I
THINK THOSE ARE THE RIGHT
NUMBERS, AND I CAN QUICKLY CHECK
IN MY NOTES HERE. THE PRE PANIC
NUMBER, I THINK IS ONE POINT
FOUR. AND WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW
THE SPRING OF 2024 SHAKES OUT. I
WOULD SPECULATE THAT OUR STUDENT
HEADCOUNT WILL BE AT THAT 12.1
MILLION OR MORE. BY THE TIME WE
WRAP UP 2023 24. WITH F Tð.
WE'LL JUST ABOUT POTENTIALLY
MAKE THAT NUMBER, SO I THINK WE
NEED TO CHECK IN WITH EACH OTHER
. WE HAVE NUMBERS THAT ARE VERY
DIFFERENT. UM AND SO WE'LL JUST
WE'LL LET'S FOLLOW UP ON THAT TO
UNDERSTAND. YEAH, UM SIMILAR TO
èC S¼ U, WE HAVE AN FTE ISSUE.
WE SEE THAT SOME OF IT IS COMING
FROM, UH, PRIMARILY FROM SUMMER
ENROLLMENT. I THINK WE WANNA
TALK ABOUT WHO THOSE STUDENTS
ARE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE,
UH, ACCURATELY COUNTING THE F Tð
. BUT I WHAT I WANT TO ASK YOU
ABOUT, ACTUALLY, UH IT WAS IN
OUR REPORT IS THE GRADUATION
INITIATIVE 2025, WHICH THE GAPS
CONTINUE TO PERSIST, AND WE'RE
NOW ONE YEAR AWAY, AND SO, UM I
CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR
FROM YOU AS YOU'VE, YOU KNOW,
DIVE INTO THIS FOUR MONTHS IN,
UH, WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ON
THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE
IN THE PROGRESS THAT STILL NEEDS
TO BE MADE, WHICH IS PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT. AND THE GRADUATION
INITIATIVE. UH 2025 WE HAVE
BROUGHT IN ABOUT 100 AND 50
ADDITIONAL DEGREE HOLDERS
BECAUSE OF THE INITIATIVE, BUT
YOU ARE CORRECT. THE EQUITY GAPS
IS STUBBORN, ESPECIALLY AFTER
PANDEMIC AND WE HAVE MANY THINGS
THAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR
CAMPUSES TO HAVE AN EQUITY
ACTION PLAN TO CLOSE OPPORTUNITY
GAPS NUMBER ONE IS, UH, WE'RE
WE'RE LOOKING AT REENGAGING OUR
UNDERSERVED STUDENTS. YOU HEARD
ABOUT OUR CIRCUM SECOND STAR
PILOT PROGRAM THAT I MENTIONED
EARLIER WHERE WE'RE GOING TO THE
TWO THOSE THAT LEFT US IN 2016
100 AND 30,000 OF THEM TRYING TO
BRING THEM BACK. UH, MOST OF
THEM ARE ERD STUDENTS. WE'RE
ALSO WORKING WITH OUR CAMPUSES
ON SOMETHING CALLED FINISH
STRONG WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY
HAVING OUR CAMPUSES. LOOK AT HOW
MUCH MORE DO THEY TO DO AND GET
SOME REAL INTENTIONALITY WITH
THESE STUDENTS, BECAUSE
SOMETIMES IT'S ONLY A COUPLE OF
CREDITS, AND THEY NEED HELP AND
ADVISING TO GET THEM THROUGH,
AND WE'RE DOING A YEAR OF
ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR CAMPUSES. WE
HAD A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL
SEMINAR. WE ALL 23 CAMPUSES
TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GONNA
GET INTO THE YEAR OF ENGAGEMENT
AND HOW WE'RE USING PROMISING
PRACTICES SHOWING EACH OTHER HOW
TO GET TO THE NUMBERS THAT WE
HAVE TO HAVE. SO WE'RE WE'RE ON
IT OF THE EQUITY GAP IS WE KNOW
IT. WE ALSO HAVE, UH, THE BOARD
AND US HAVE STARTED A BLACK
STUDENT SUCCESS. INITIATIVE
WHERE WE'VE PUT IN $10,010
MILLION.01 TIME MONEY TO
ACTUALLY START HAVING EFFORTS AT
EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES. THAT IS
NOT ONLY A èC S¼ U ISSUE.
AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS ARE
NOT GOING TO COLLEGE ALL OVER
THE COUNTRY, BUT WE WANNA MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE GOING INTO OUR
COMMUNITIES AND MAKING SURE
WE'RE USING THE 13 POINT PLAN
OUT OF THAT WORK GROUP THAT WAS
REALLY LISTENING TO STUDENTS,
FACULTY AND STAFF NOT ONLY FOR
THE STUDENTS BUT HIRING MORE
AFRICAN AMERICAN AND, UH FACULTY
AND STAFF. OK, II. I WILL JUST,
UM SAY NOW, MAYBE IT'S A SORT OF
A WARNING. THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT, UM IS AROUND THE CORNER,
AND SO, UH, THE WORK WAS DONE,
UH, YOU KNOW A FEW YEARS AGO TO
SIT ON A TRAJECTORY AND, UM.
MIGHT NEED MORE THAN JUST
CONTINUING ON THE TRAJECTORY. IT
SEEMS LIKE YOU. YOU'RE DOING
SOME, UM UH, INITIATIVES TO TRY
AND YOU KNOW, REALLY? TRY TO
CLOSE THIS BUT II. I THINK THIS
IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE
CONTINUED. UM FOCUS. UM GIVEN
YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS OF
RESOURCES, BECAUSE THIS IS A
COMMITMENT MADE PRIOR TO ANY
EXPECTATIONS OF WHERE WE WOULD
BE SO UM, SOMETHING. WE'LL KEEP
AN EYE ON FOR SURE. UH,
PRESIDENT DRAKE AND WITH YOU ON
THE, UM, ON THE ISSUE OF
CALIFORNIANS BEING ADMITTED, UH,
U èC L A 9% OF CALIFORNIA
APPLICANTS ARE ARE OF FRESHMAN
AFRICANS ARE FROM CALIFORNIA,
BERKELEY'S AT 15. YOU'VE GOT
CAMPUSES LIKE MERCED. RIVERSIDE
SANTA CRUZ WELL OVER 60% AND
MORE UM I. AGAIN A DIFFICULT
CONVERSATION. WE UNDERSTAND THE
HISTORY OF SOME OF THE CAMPUSES
THAT ARE MUCH MORE COMPETITIVE.
BUT I, I THINK, UH, YOU AND I
AND ALL OF, UH, BELIEVERS AND
SUPPORTERS OF THE U èC BELIEVE
THAT IN EDUCATION THAT EVERY
CAMPUS IS VALUABLE AND IMPORTANT
AND MEANINGFUL. UM HOW DO WE GET
MORE CALIFORNIANS INTO THE
SCHOOLS THAT ARE KEEPING A
CALIFORNIANS? UM NOT AS, UH UH
ARE ARE NOT AS ACCESSIBLE TO
TODAY WITH WITHOUT. I JUST BE
VARIABLE NOW WITHOUT ADDITIONAL
FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE
UNIVERSITY. THERE'S SOMETHING
SYSTEMIC ABOUT THIS GAP THAT WE
NEED TO TALK ABOUT AND ADDRESS
IN IN THE YOU'RE SAYING IN THE,
UM UH UH, SELECTIVITY OF THE
CAMPUSES. LIKE YEAH, AND SO
THERE'S A. THERE'S A TENSION
THAT WE HAVE. SO LET'S LET'S
TAKE U èC L A YOU AS WE'VE
MENTIONED TODAY, IT'S THE MOST
DESIRED PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN THE
COUNTRY, SO 100 AND 50,000
PEOPLE APPLY FOR THE SLOTS. UH,
THEY DON'T HAVE, UM, THAT THE
ENTERING CLASS IS GONNA BE SIX
OR 7000 STUDENTS. UM THERE'S THE
MATH JUST WORKS THE WAY THE MATH
IS GOING TO WORK. WE ARE DOING
WHAT WE CAN TO INCREASE
THROUGHPUT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE
AS MANY 5TH AND 6TH YEAR
STUDENTS AND STUDENTS ARE ABLE
TO GRADUATE ON TIME. WHEN I
MENTIONED THAT OUR TIME
2 DEGREES IS GOING DOWN. THAT'S
THAT'S GREAT. WE APPRECIATE
THAT. WE'VE ACTUALLY, UH SINCE
THE PANDEMIC AND INCREASED THE
NUMBER OF ONLINE COURSES AND
OTHER THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE
THAT WORKS IN EFFECT TO INCREASE
THE CAPACITY OF THE CAMPUSES AND
THE THROUGHPUT WHEN MIXED IN
WITH THE OTHER COURSE OFFERINGS
THAT WE HAVE. SO WE WE'RE DOING
ALL WE CAN. WE MENTIONED THE
GROWTH OF THE CAMPUS AND A
COUPLE OF, UH UM, AREAS OF THE
SOUTH BAY CAMPUS IS ACTUALLY TO
PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR
STUDENTS. UM, AND SO WE ARE
ATTEMPTING TO GROW. THE NUMBER
OF OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE, BUT
THAT IS ALSO FACED WITH AN
EXTRAORDINARILY LARGE
DENOMINATOR OF THIS OF
DESIRABILITY, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S
A FUNNY IT'S A STRANGE THING,
THE BETTER WE DO, THE BETTER.
THE VALUE APPEARS TO BE TO THE
BROADER PUBLIC OF THE
INSTITUTION. THE MORE PEOPLE
APPLY, BUT THEN THE SMALLER
FRACTION OF THEM CAN BE
ACCOMMODATED IN ANY ONE OF THE
CAMPUSES. UH, SO OUR OUR GOAL IS
TO CONTINUE TO GROW SLOTS. AS
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PLAN. MAYBE
MAYBE THAT, BUT WE HAVE A PLAN
TO GROW 20,000 ADDITIONAL SLOTS
ACROSS THE UNIVERSITY OVER THIS
DECADE. THAT'S THE ROUGH
EQUIVALENT OF ANOTHER CAMPUS
WITHOUT STARTING ANOTHER CAMPUS.
AND YOU MENTIONED GOSH HOW TO DO
IT WITHOUT HUGE AMOUNTS. MORE
MONEY AS WE MAKE THE CAMPUSES
MORE EFFICIENT AND GROW
ADDITIONAL SLOTS WITHOUT
BUILDING AS MUCH NEW BRICKS AND
MORTAR THAT IS A MORE EFFICIENT
AND EFFECTIVE WAY OF DOING IT.
SO WE'RE DOING THOSE THINGS, BUT
IT'S AN ONGOING EFFORT TO TRY TO
CREATE OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS
BROADLY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR
OF OUR EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES.
BUT I I'LL JUST SAY IT DOES FEEL
A LITTLE BIT, THOUGH, THAT WE'RE
TURNING SORT OF A BLIND EYE TO
THE FACT THAT IF WE GIVE THE
SYSTEM MORE MONEY, MORE
CALIFORNIANS WILL. BUT IF WE
DON'T THEY WON'T AND SO I. I IT,
I THINK, UM, IN THE SPIRIT OF
AGAIN, HAVING VERY DIFFICULT
CONVERSATIONS. THIS IS ONE THAT
I KNOW PREVIOUS CHAIR WAS REALLY
FOCUSED ON IS HOW DO WE MAKE
SURE CALIFORNIANS HAVE ACCESS TO
THESE INSTITUTIONS? UM I THINK
WE NEED TO REALLY FOCUS IN ON.
WHAT ARE THE OTHER PATHWAYS?
IT'S GREAT IF YOU GROW, BUT IF
YOU'RE GROWING, AND YOU'RE ONLY
STILL PROVIDING 9% OF
CALIFORNIANS ACCESS TO ALL THESE
NEW SLOTS YOU'RE CREATING. IT'S
GROWING FOR THE PURPOSE OF NOT
FOR CALIFORNIA SERVING STATUS. I
DON'T BUT I HOPE THAT DOESN'T
SEEM THAT DOESN'T MEAN 91% ARE
NOT FOR CALIFORNIANS. IT MEANS
THAT OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO APPLY
UM THEY'RE ONLY A CERTAIN WE CAN
ONLY TAKE A CERTAIN FRACTION OF
THAT NUMBER WHEN WE HAVE, UH,
SIX FIGURE APPLICATIONS AT SAN
DIEGO AND LOS ANGELES AND
IRVINE, ET CETERA. AND I WILL
SAY THAT THE UM UH, WE THE
PROGRAM THAT YOU MENTIONED THE
ONE PROGRAM THAT'S EXCHANGE
PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS FOR AN
ADDITIONAL 1000 CALIFORNIA SLOTS
. WE'VE HAD A LOOK AT MY NUMBERS
SIX OR SO 1000 ADDITIONAL
CALIFORNIA STUDENTS BROADLY, SO
WE HAVE, UH, WE'VE MADE ROOM FOR
WE'VE ADMITTED. WE'RE ENROLLED
THERE THERE TO 1000. MORE
CALIFORNIA STUDENTS AS WE'RE
MOVING FORWARD OVER THESE LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS, AND OUR GOAL IS
TO PRO PRODUCE, UH, THOUSANDS
MORE SLOTS FOR CALIFORNIA
STUDENTS AS WE GROW. THIS
CONVERSATION WILL CONTINUE
BECAUSE THAT ONLY CAME AT A COST
OF $31 MILLION A DISH. AND SO
WHAT? I'M HOPING TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION AROUND IS HOW DO WE
DO THIS WITHOUT IN A WORLD WHERE
WE DON'T HAVE THOSE RESOURCES
AVAILABLE ANYMORE, AND THAT'S I
JUST WANT TO BE VERY HONEST WITH
YOU AS I'VE TOLD YOU BEFORE, ALL
OF YOU THAT, UH, THESE THE THIS
IS A YEAR AND THERE WILL BE A
FEW MORE OF THESE YEARS COMING
WHERE WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE
RESOURCES TO, UH, FUND, UH,
INITIATIVES THAT GO ABOVE AND
BEYOND WHAT WE NEED TO DO, WHICH
IS TO ENSURE OUR STUDENT ACCESS
AND SUCCESS. AND SO I KNOW THAT
WE, UH, YOU HAVE INCREDIBLE
TALENT. YOU ARE ALL, UH GREAT
MINDS AND THAT YOU CAN HELP US
FIGURE THIS OUT. SO I LOOK
FORWARD TO THAT CONTINUED
CONVERSATION. CHAIR ALVAREZ. YES
COULD I JUST READ OUT SOME
NUMBERS REAL QUICKLY? I'M SO
SORRY ON THE F Tð QUESTION, AND
I'M SURE MARK MARTIN WILL WILL
DOUBLE CHECK ON THEM. SO THE
NUMBERS HERE REAL QUICKLY. WE
WERE AT 1.148. UM THEN WE WENT
DOWN TO 1.1 THREE 5 MILLION. WE
WENT DOWN TO 1.021. WE DROPPED
DOWN TO 928971 971,000. AND THIS
YEAR 20 THREE 2023 24. THE
PRELIMINARY NUMBERS P ONE WERE
AT 1.061. THIS IS THE TOTAL
RESIDENT AND NON RESIDENTS F Tð
E S¼. THE TOTAL RESIN. WE WILL
CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, BEFORE
YOU GO, THOUGH, MR CELIE JUMPED
ON AND LIKE TO ASK SOME
QUESTIONS, PLEASE. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR AND NICE TO MEET EACH OF
YOU. I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER
MET AND CHANCELLOR GARCIA JUST
SAY THEY MAY HAVE THE DONORS BUT
YOU HAVE LEGISLATORS. YES I DO.
CAL POLY POMONA. SO UH SO THERE
YOU GO. UM, THERE YOU GO. SEE?
UM SO I DO WANNA? I'M GLAD YOU
BROUGHT UP THE REPATRIATE THE
REPATRIATION FOR NATIVE
AMERICANS. THIS IS AN ISSUE
THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. I
AM ON THE NATIVE AMERICAN CAUCUS
. AND UM, YOU MENTIONED A NEW
STATE WHERE STATEWIDE
COORDINATOR AND, UH, LEADERS ON
CAMPUSES. CAN YOU TELL ME HOW
MUCH OF THE BUDGET IS ALLOCATED
TO REPATRIATION? HOW MUCH OF OUR
TOTAL BUDGET WELL, OUR NÓ. UH
IT'S OUR OUR TOTAL BUDGET IS
VERY LARGE. AND THE AMOUNT UH IS
BILLIONS AND THE AMOUNT OF
ASSOCIATED TO REPATRIATIONS IS
MILLIONS. SO I, I MEAN, SO IT'S
IN THE MILLIONS. OK, IT'S THE
MILLIONS. YES DID YOU HAVE YOU
SEEN THIS 2022 REPORT BY THE
STATE AUDITORS? I HAVE TO SAY
THAT WHEN TO MAKE SURE I'VE SEEN
IT THEN. SO YEAH, THIS IS IN
NOVEMBER. 1720 22 NATIVE
AMERICAN GRAVES PROTECTION AND
REPATRIATION ACT THEY DID. THE
STATE AUDITOR PREPARED A REPORT.
AMONG THE KEY FINDINGS. HE FOUND
THAT THE U èC OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT WASN'T PROVIDING
SUFFICIENT FUNDING, UM TO
SUPPORT REPATRIATION EFFORTS AND
THAT THEY WERE INCONSISTENT
PROCEDURES. PLACE. SO UM SO YOU
YOU'RE NOT SURE IF YOU REMEMBER
THE AUDIT. I JUST I I'M I'LL SAY
THAT I WOULD HAVE SEEN IT
ELECTRONICALLY. NOT IN THAT
FORM. BUT LET ME SAY THAT. YEAH,
THAT WAS, UH, 2022 AND THAT WE
HAVE A NEW POLICY. THAT'S UH,
STARTED IN 2022 IN A NEW STATE
WIDE OR DIRECTOR THAT'S BEEN
HIRED SINCE THEN, AND THOSE
EFFORTS ARE CONTINUING. YEAH, MY
CONCERN IS, UH UH UH, IT'S NOT
AN ISSUE OF POLICY. IT'S AN
ISSUE OF COMPLIANCE BECAUSE DO
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE
REPATRIATION ACT. UM UM, APPLIES
TO THE U S¼, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU
ACKNOWLEDGE THIS IS THE LAW, OF
COURSE, AND IT'S REQUIRED IT
REQUIRED THE CAMPUSES TO HAVE
INVENTORY ALL REMAINS IN CONTROL
. CULTURAL ITEMS BY 1995. SO
THIS ISN'T SOMETHING NEW. IT'S
WAY IT'S BEEN VIOLATED. UH,
SINCE SINCE 1995 AND THEN 2022,
THE STATE AUDITOR, DID A REPORT
SAYING THERE'S STILL NÓ
COMPLIANCE. THERE'S HUGE
INVENTORIES OF CULTURAL REMAINS
AND, UM, ARTIFACTS AND THEY'RE
NOT. ANYWHERE NEAR BEING
CATALOGED, SO I APPRECIATE THE
POLICY. BUT MY CONCERN IS, IT
SEEMS LIKE THERE'S CAMPUSES THAT
JUST DON'T WANT TO COMPLY. UM SO
, UH, HAVE YOU FROM THE CAL
STATE? HAVE YOU REVIEWED THIS
REPORT? I KNOW ABOUT THE REPORT.
DEFINITELY NÓ. I WASN'T HERE IN
NOVEMBER, 22. BUT I CERTAINLY
KNOW ABOUT THE AUDIT AND THE
REPORT. AS I SAID EARLIER, ALL
OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE WORKING WITH
THE TRIBES THAT WITH THE
COMMITTEE TO START BEGINNING THE
REPATRIATION, I. I WISH I COULD
HAVE THAT THE INFORMATION ON
HUMBOLDT WHO THEY JUST
REPATRIATED LAND THAT THEY'RE
GOING TO WORK WITH THAT
PARTICULAR TRIBE. EVERY CAMPUS
IS NOT ONLY COMMENTING IT BUT
THEN BRINGING IN SOMEONE WHO'S
GONNA WORK WITH THEM TO WORK
WITH THE TRIBES AND MAKING SURE
THAT THE TRIBE VOICES ON OUR
COMMITTEES, WHICH IS WHY
SECRETARY HITCHCOCK IS WORKING
WITH US AND WHY HE CAME TO THE
BOARD MEETING. SO WE ARE.
THERE'S SOMETHING I'M MISSING
BECAUSE I JUST I AM AND I AM
ASKING AT IGNORANCE. I DON'T
KNOW. I MEAN, IF YOU HAVE
REMAINS, WHY DOES IT TAKE SO
LONG TO GIVE THEM BACK TO THE
TRIBES LIKE I I'M JUST IF MY
ANCESTOR OR MY RELATIVE WAS
BEING HELD BY SOME PROFESSOR AT
UC THAT THAT'S NOT DOESN'T
BELONG TO THEM. SO LET ME SAY,
I, I AGREE 100. SO 100% I WOULD
LOVE TO GIVE BACK ALL THE
REMAINS. WE HAVE LAST I WAS
GONNA SAY YESTERDAY, BUT I MEAN
LAST YEAR, SO I WANT THEM TO BE
GIVEN BACK. I THINK IT'S
RIDICULOUS THAT THESE REMAINS
ARE HELD AND THEY SHOULD BE
GIVEN BACK IMMEDIATELY. PERIOD.
THAT'S MY POSITION. WELL, WHY
NOT? UH, I WILL SAY THAT THERE
HAS BEEN OVER THESE MANY YEARS.
THERE'S INCREDIBLE. THERE'S A
DIFFICULT TIME SOMETIMES
IDENTIFYING THE REMAINS. WHERE
DO THEY GO? THE I WILL SAY THAT
THE PLACES THAT THEY WOULD GO
THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE THERE.
DON'T AGREE. NECESSARILY ON, UH
WHO THIS IS AND WHERE THIS WHERE
THE REMAINS SHOULD GO. AND SO
THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING ALL
OF THESE PIECES AND SOME OF THEM
ARE EXTRAORDINARILY SMALL. IT
HAS BEEN PAINSTAKING AND
DIFFICULT, SCIENTIFICALLY,
ANTHROPOLOGICALLY AND THEN ALSO
POLITICALLY. TO DECIDE. HOW DO
WE APPROPRIATELY TRANSFER? THESE
REMAINS BACK TO THE RIGHT PLACE?
LET LET'S SAY I HAD I COULD. I
HAD A MAGIC WAND. I WOULD DO IT
NOW AND BUT AND I'LL SAY THERE
ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING ON IT
FULL TIME ALL THE TIME. IT'S A
PAINSTAKING PROCESS OF GOING
THROUGH THINGS THAT WERE
COLLECTED, UH, INAPPROPRIATELY
AND TRAGICALLY AND HORRENDOUSLY
OVER DECADES AND DECADES AND NOW
ARE BEING THE EFFORT IS TO TRY
TO DO THIS IN A RESPECTFUL,
APPROPRIATE MANNER. BUT I'D LOVE
TO DO IT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
I APPRECIATE I MEAN, THE
CHAIRMAN SHOULD BE HOLDING A
HEARING SPECIFIC ON THIS ISSUE,
WHICH I WOULD I WOULD FULLY
SUPPORT SO WE CAN MAYBE DIG INTO
IT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE
FOCUS OF THIS NOW. BUT I. I MEAN
, I WOULD LOVE TO JUST KNOW SORT
OF, UM, NUMBERS LIKE HOW MANY
ARTIFACTS YOU HAVE. HOW MANY
REMAINS YOU HAVE AND WHAT THE
TIMELINE IS TO REPATRIATE ALL
THOSE IN A IN A IN A REASONABLE
TIME FRAME, AND NOT JUST A
DECADE OR TWO IF I MAY? YES. LET
ME LET ME SAY I AGREE WITH MY
COLLEAGUE HERE, PRESIDENT DRAKE.
THE OTHER THING IS WHAT WE'RE
FINDING IS, THE TRIBES HAVE TO
BE READY TO ACCEPT IT. AND HOW
IT APPROPRIATELY. WE'RE FINDING
THAT AS WELL. SO THAT IS ANOTHER
THING THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH,
LIKE PRESIDENT DRAKE. IF I SAID
THIS PUBLICLY IN MY BOARD
MEETING THAT IF IT WERE MY
ANCESTORS, I WOULD BE REALLY
UPSET. SO WE WANNA DO THIS
YESTERDAY, BUT WE HAVE TO DO IT
WITH THE VOICES OF THE TRIBES
AND CARE AND MAKING SURE THAT
WE'RE DOING THIS RESPECTFULLY
FOR THEM. AND WE AT THE èC S¼ U
AND I KNOW WE ALL DO APOLOGIZE
FOR IT BECAUSE THIS IS WRONG AND
I WOULD LIKE PERIOD THE END WE
HAVE TO DO IT PROPERLY WITH THE
TRIBES INVOLVEMENT, I. I
APPRECIATE THIS FRANK
CONVERSATION. I WILL TELL YOU. I
SPEAK WITH A LOT OF TRIBES. UM
AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU.
THEY SAY THAT, UM THE UNIVERSITY
IS SLOW WALKING. UH, THEY THEY,
THEY SAY THE UNIVERSITIES ARE
SLOW WALKING AND THEY'RE NOT
MAKING IT A PRIORITY. THEY THEY
DO WANT IT BACK. I'M GONNA END
UH, ON THIS TOPIC WITH ONE THING
FOR PRESIDENT DRAKE AND NOT TO
PICK ON YOU. BUT THE U èC S¼
TEND TO BE THE, UH MORE THE
FOCUS OF THESE CONVERSATIONS.
BUT THERE ARE, UH, REPORTS FROM
UM, UM YOU KNOW, I I'VE GOTTEN
REPORTS LIKE BERKELEY HAS THIS
PHOEBE HEARST MUSEUM, AND WE
HEAR THINGS THAT THEY HAVE
DIRECTORS OR PROFESSORS THERE
WHO INTENTIONALLY WITHHOLD HOLD
BACK TRIBAL. UM UH, REPATRIATION
, UH, ITEMS AND THEY HOLD IT IN
THEIR OWN PERSONAL, EDUCATIONAL
OR TEACHING COLLECTIONS. YOU
HAVE PEOPLE IN YOUR SYSTEM WHO
FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO
HOLD ON TO THESE. AND SO, UM,
THAT'S SOMETHING I'M GONNA
CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO. UM AND I
WOULD WELCOME A HEARING SPECIFIC
ON THIS. BUT IF THAT'S GOING ON,
UH, THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE, AND
LIKE I SAID COMPLIANCE WITH THE
LAW IS NOT OPTIONAL. I MEAN,
THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN
DONE IN 1995. SO LET'S LET'S GET
IT DONE AND LET'S GET YOU THE
SUPPORT AND RESOURCES YOU NEED.
UM I'LL JUST ONE QUESTION FOR
THE COMMUNITY. COLLEGE IS NOT ON
THIS TOPIC, AND I APPRECIATE
YOUR YOUR RESPONSES. UM THIS
ISSUE WITH GHOST STUDENTS. THIS
WAS A BIG TOPIC LAST YEAR WHERE
YOU HAD FRAUDSTERS AND ROLLING
STUDENTS ONLINE TO GET THEIR
FINANCIAL AID AND THEN ALSO
TAKING UP SLOTS IN COLLEGE
CLASSES. DO YOU? CAN YOU TELL ME
IF THAT'S SORT OF BEEN ADDRESSED
? OR IS THAT STILL GOING ON? I
MEAN, THIS IS A BIG DEAL. YEAH,
IT'S BEING ADDRESSED AND THE
NUMBERS HAVE GONE DOWN. AND
FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK THE
LEGISLATURE FOR THE INVESTMENT
THAT YOU GAVE US THE ABILITY TO
START A REPORTING STRUCTURE SO
UM, WE HAVE, UM, YOU YOU HAVE
THE ACTUAL ADMISSIONS. THEN YOU
HAVE THE ENROLLMENTS, AND THEN
YOU HAVE THE FINANCIAL AID. SO
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL
AID DROP DRAW DOWN. IT'S A VERY,
VERY MINUSCULE. SO WHEN WE GO
FROM THE ENROLLMENT, WE HAVE NOW
SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO
IDENTIFY THAT THESE BOTS ARE,
YOU KNOW, NOT REGULAR STUDENTS,
AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO GET
THEM OUT OF THE SYSTEM BEFORE
THEY DRAW DOWN ON FINANCIAL AID.
SO WE HAVE THAT DATA AND WE CAN
SUBMITTED TO YOU JUST RECOMMEND
PEOPLE WHEN YOU APPLY TO COME TO
THE OFFICE AND SHOW LIKE A
GOVERNMENT. I Dð OR SOMETHING.
WELL WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR
SERVICES ARE ONLINE. SO AT LEAST
ONCE COME AND SHOW YOUR I Dð I
MEAN, YEAH, WE ARE. UH WE ARE
IMPLEMENTING AN I Dð ME A
VIRTUAL ID ME SO THAT'S WHEN
THAT ROLLS OUT. I THINK WE'RE
GONNA BE ABLE TO LOCK DOWN IN
MOST OF THE BOT ACTIVITY, BUT
THE LONG TERM SOLUTION IS GOING
TO BE WHEN WE HAVE A COMMON DATA
SYSTEM BECAUSE WE HAVE 72
DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, AND THEY
HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS.
TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURES, YOU
KNOW, THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE
MORE AFFLUENT HAVE REALLY, UM,
INVESTED IN THE TECHNOLOGY
INFRASTRUCTURES AND OTHERS DON'T
SO WE'RE REALLY MOVING TO HAVE
SORT OF A COMMON TECHNOLOGY
PLATFORM SO WE CAN THEN START
DEPLOYING SMART TECHNOLOGIES TO
TAKE CARE OF, UH, YOU KNOW,
HACKING AND THESE FRAUDULENT,
UH, BOTS. I APPRECIATE THAT. I
MEAN, OUR RESOURCES ARE SO
VALUABLE. WE CAN'T HAVE ANY OF
IT. GO TO FRAUD. UH, THANK YOU
FOR THAT QUESTION. AND I
APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE
TODAY. THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT
TOPIC. AND UM, YOU KNOW, LAST
THING I'D SAY, MR CHAIR, MAYBE
SOMETHING TO LOOK AT ABOUT
ENCOURAGING MORE CALIFORNIANS TO
GO TO COLLEGE. I KNOW THAT I WAS
IN THE AVID PROGRAM. AND THAT
WAS A HUGE, UM UH, THAT WAS A
HUGE DEAL. WHEN I WAS IN HIGH
SCHOOL. I DON'T KNOW HOW BIG THE
PROGRAM IS NOW, BUT THAT REALLY
FOCUSED ON TAKING FIRST
GENERATION CALIFORNIANS AND THEN
MAKING US FEEL LIKE WE HAD THIS
PATHWAY OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE I
HAD NÓ IDEA. I KNOW WHAT THE S¼
A Tð WAS. I DIDN'T KNOW YOU KNOW
WHAT TO EXPECT IN COLLEGE, AND
SO, UM, PROGRAMS LIKE THAT. THAT
SORT OF HAVE A BRIDGE. UM AND,
UH, WE TOURED CAMPUSES, SO I
DON'T KNOW WHERE THE STATE IS ON
AVID, BUT, UH, THAT'S ANOTHER
THING TO LOOK AT TO THAT
PIPELINE. SO THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, UM ONE QUESTION, WHICH DR
CHRIS CHRISTENSEN. I DON'T THINK
YOU'LL HAVE AN ANSWER FOR IT
TODAY. UH, THERE WAS A $60
MILLION IN THE BUDGET GOVERNOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET FOR NURSING
PROGRAMS AT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
SYSTEMS. THERE IS NÓ ADDITIONAL
UH, UM, INFORMATION THAT I'VE
SEEN ARE YOU, UH IN THE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW THAT
PROGRAM WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AT
THIS POINT. YES WE ARE. WE'VE
GOT IN OUR VISION. 2030
DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS TO
INCREASE THE NUMBER OF NURSING
GRADUATES. WE ARE DOWN TO
LOOKING AT ACTUAL, UM COLLEGE
CAMPUSES, LOOKING AT WHAT IT
WOULD TAKE TO DOUBLE OUR OUTPUT.
SO WE ARE IN IN THE MIDDLE AND
CAN CAN IMPLEMENT. UH, RIGHT
AWAY. OK I THINK WE'RE GONNA
HAVE A HEARING SPECIFICALLY ON
THESE TOPICS. ASK YOU MORE ABOUT
THAT AND SEE HOW THAT PROGRAM'S
GONNA ROLL OUT. UH THANK YOU
VERY MUCH TO ALL OF YOU. THANK
YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
DAY IN AND DAY OUT ON BEHALF OF
OUR STUDENTS. UH, APPRECIATE AND
WE'LL SEE YOU HERE. I'M SURE
AGAIN. UM WITH THAT. WE'RE GONNA
GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. JUST SO
EVERYBODY GET YOU, UM
COMFORTABLE WITH THESE LONGER
HEARINGS. THEY WILL BE THE NORM
AT THIS COMMITTEE AS WE DIVE IN
REALLY DEEP ON EVERY SINGLE
ISSUE ON A GOING FORWARD BASIS,
BUT PART OF THAT PROCESS
CERTAINLY IS THE PUBLIC COMMENT,
AND SO, UH, WE WILL TAKE FOLKS
NOW, UM. I'M JUST TRYING. TO SEE
HOW MANY FOLKS WANT TO SPEAK SO
I CAN ALLOCATE ENOUGH TIME TO
GET YOU CHANCE TO EXPRESS YOUR
POINT, BUT ALSO GIVE EVERYBODY A
CHANCE TO SAY SOMETHING. SO I
THINK, UH, I THINK WE'RE OK WITH
ONE MINUTE IF YOU HAVE TO GO
OVER, YOU KNOW, WE WE'LL SEE.
UH, IF THAT'S THAT'S ENOUGH. BUT
PLEASE, UH AS YOU COME FORWARD.
INTRODUCE YOURSELF, UH, WHO
YOU'RE REPRESENTING, IF ANYBODY
AND SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS THANK
YOU SO MUCH, AND I'M SORRY. I
CUT FIRST IN LINE, BUT I NEED TO
RUN DOWN THE TURLOCK TO, UH,
TEACH AN EVENING CLASS. HOLD ON
A SECOND. EXCUSE ME. CAN WE ASK
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PLEASE
KEEP IT DOWN SO WE CAN HEAR OUR
SPEAKERS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH
. MY NAME IS DAVE KNICK. I'M A
PROFESSOR. IT'S UH STAN STATE,
AND I AM THE CALIFORNIA FACULTY
ASSOCIATION. THE ASSOCIATE VICE,
UH, PRESIDENT FOR CHAPTER
PRESIDENTS IN THE NORTH. UH,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME
BE HERE. UH I'M ADVOCATING FOR
FULL FUNDING OF THE èC S¼ U, UH
, IN MY 20 YEARS WITH IT AT, UH,
ST SLIDE SERVED ON NUMEROUS
BUDGET AND STRATEGIC PLANNING
MEETINGS. I KNOW HOW THE
INVESTMENT WORKS. IT PAYS
DIVIDENDS LIKE OUR CHANCELLOR
MENTIONED BRIEFLY, VERY BRIEFLY.
TALK ABOUT THE HUMAN SIDE OF
THAT AS WELL. UM WELL, THE MONEY
THAT THE STATE SPENDS COMES
BACK. MULTIFOLD AND, UM. AND
CHANGE LIVES. CHANGE COMMUNITIES
, FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVE 1/11
GRADER. THREE OF MY FORMER
STUDENTS ARE HIS TEACHERS. UH
WHAT THEY DO FOR THEIR FAMILIES
AND FOR THE COMMUNITIES ARE
AMAZING. AND ITS BASED ON WHAT
THEY DO, UM, ONE LEADS A MODEL
YOU IN ANOTHER RAISES MONEY FOR
SCHOOL PROJECTS AND FACILITIES.
THE THIRD, UH, BRING STUDENTS TO
THE JUNIOR STATES. UH, PERSON
EVENTS. THESE ARE THINGS THAT
THEY LEARNED AT STANISLAW AND
THEY'RE CARRYING THEM FORWARD. I
COULD HAVE TALKED ABOUT HEALTH
CARE MANY OTHER THINGS. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. FULLY FUN TO SEE
YOU VERY MUCH GREAT DAY. HELLO,
EVERYONE. MY NAME IS SERGIO. I'M
PART OF THE U èC STUDENT
ASSOCIATION. I AM THEIR CAMPAIGN
CHAIR, AND I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE
FOR FULL FUNDING OF CAL GRANT
EQUITY FRAMEWORK. THIS IS A
FRAMEWORK THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE
AND HAS BEEN A PRIORITY FOR OUR
ASSOCIATIONS. AND I WANT TO
REITERATE THAT THE LEGISLATURE
MUST COMPLETE ITS PROMISE BY
FUNDING THIS FRAMEWORK. THIS
WILL HELP MORE STUDENTS BE
ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND AFFORDABLE
PUBLIC EDUCATION. MANY OF WHICH
YOU HEARD OF THE LEADERS, UH, BE
VERY PRIDEFUL ON, UM OVER ALMOST
100 AND 1000 COMMUNITY COLLEGE
STUDENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO
BENEFIT FROM THIS. THAT IS ABOUT
A 60% INCREASE ON CURRENT
ELIGIBLE STUDENTS WHO ARE FOR
CAL GRANTS, UM AND ABOUT THREE
1000 MORE UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS
WOULD BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM
THIS. SOMEONE LIKE MY MOTHER
WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BENEFIT
FROM THIS IF SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO
BE BETWEEN FEEDING ME. HER SON
AND HER OTHER TWO CHILDREN WERE
ATTENDING COLLEGE. SO THIS IS
VERY PERSONAL TO ME. AND IT
MEANS A LOT, SO I'M REALLY
ADVOCATING FOR YOU GUYS TO FUND
CAR GRANT EQUITY FRAMEWORK TO
ITS 100. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON,
BARRET SCHNEIDER ON BEHALF OF
THE INSTITUTE FOR COLLEGE ACCESS
AND SUCCESS ALSO WAS IN Tð COST.
UM RESPECTFULLY RECOMMENDING
THAT YOU GUYS, UM, PRIORITIZE
IMPLEMENTATION OF CAL GRANT
REFORM. UH IT'S BEEN A REALLY
IMPORTANT AND UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY
FOR THE STATE TO UPDATE AND
OUTDATED, UH, SYSTEM AND REALLY
IMPROVE ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY
FOR A LOT OF STUDENTS OVER
100,000 STUDENTS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR
ALVAREZ AND ASSEMBLY MEMBERS. MY
NAME IS MICHAEL LEE CHEN. I'M A
SECOND YEAR UNDERGRADUATE
STUDENT AT SACRAMENTO STATE. TO
GRADUATE IN FOUR YEARS. I NEED
TO BALANCE FOUR CLASSES, FIVE
JOBS, EXTRACURRICULARS,
RELATIONSHIPS, SLEEPING AND JUST
EATING MEALS. I HAVE EARLY
MORNING CLASSES THIS SEMESTER.
BUT I CAN'T WAKE UP EARLY TO EAT
BREAKFAST BECAUSE I GO TO BED
AROUND 4 A.M. AFTER DOING
HOMEWORK. I CAN'T DO HOMEWORK
DURING THE DAY BECAUSE I CROSS
MY FIVE JOBS. I WORK OVER 40
HOURS A WEEK. THAT ALSO MEANS I
DON'T HAVE TIME TO EAT DURING
THE DAY. BY THE TIME I GET BACK
TO MY DORM, I'M SO EXHAUSTED
THAT I PASS OUT INTO A NAP. BY
THE TIME I WAKE UP THE DINING
COMMONS ARE CLOSED, SO I CAN'T
EAT DINNER EITHER. IN MY FIRST
SEMESTER OF COLLEGE EVER I LOST
£15. LEAVING ME SEVERELY
UNDERWEIGHT AND I'M STANDING
HERE, THANKS TO THE ROBUST
INVESTMENT THAT THE STATE HAS
MADE TO OUR èC S¼ U SYSTEM. MY
FACULTY'S THERE FOR ME. THE
STAFF ARE THERE FOR ME. I HAVE
PEOPLE TO TALK TO THANKS TO ALL
THE STATE WORK THAT HAS DONE FOR
THE CSU. WE NEED TO CONTINUE
THAT INVESTMENT AND MAINTAIN
THAT THE èC S¼ U IS FULLY
FUNDED. OR OUR STUDENTS LIKE ME.
STUDENTS WHEN A STUDENT
GRADUATES FROM THE èC S¼ U,
THAT'S A FUTURE NURSE, A FUTURE
TEACHER, A FUTURE ASSEMBLY
MEMBER. STUDENTS LIKE THOSE WHO
HE MAY NEED WHO WE NEED TO
ENSURE THEY DON'T FALL THROUGH
THE CRACKS. THAT'S WHO WE'RE
TRYING TO HELP SUCCEED. HØI URGE
THIS COMMITTEE TO INVEST
ACCORDINGLY. THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON CHAIR ALVAREZ AND
MEMBERS. I AM DOCTOR. MARGARITA
BERTA AVILA I'M A PROFESSOR IN
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AT
SACRAMENTO STATE AND VICE
PRESIDENT OF THE CALIFORNIA
FACULTY ASSOCIATION. THANK YOU
FOR BEING SUCH A STRONG,
THOUGHTFUL CHAMPION FOR PUBLIC
HIGHER EDUCATION. I'M HERE ON
BEHALF OF THE PROFESSORS, MENTAL
HEALTH COUNSELORS, COACHES AND
LIBERIANS WHO WORK WITH STUDENTS
EACH DAY TO ASK THAT YOU MATCH
THE GOVERNOR'S COMMITMENT IN THE
JANUARY PROPOSAL THAT INCLUDES
ONGOING SUPPORT FOR THE CAMP
COMPACT INCREASE TODAY, THREE
OUT OF FOUR STUDENTS IN A 20
THREE CAMPUSES, CALIFORNIA STATE
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, OUR STUDENTS
OF COLOR WHILE IN 1985. THE
MAJORITY OF STUDENTS WERE WHITE.
WE HAVE SEEN THAT AS A STUDENT
BODY OF THE èC S¼ U BECOMES
DARKER STATE FUNDING FOR EACH
STUDENT HAS BECOME WRITER. WE
CANNOT SIT BACK AND BEAR WITNESS
TO A DISINVESTMENT IN
CALIFORNIA'S FUTURE. HOWEVER
FUNDING THE èC S¼ TO THE èC S¼
U NEEDS TO COME WITH
TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY,
ESPECIALLY IN THIS TOUGH BUDGET
YEAR. I BELIEVE IT IS OUR DUTY
TO ENSURE THAT PUBLIC DOLLARS GO
TO CORE STUDENT LEARNING
CONDITIONS SO THEY CAN BE
SUPPORTED AND THRIVE TO SEE THIS
EFFECT AS YOU ALL CARRY THE
HEAVY TASK OF MAKING TOUGH
BUDGET DECISIONS. I URGE YOU
AGAINST ANY ADDITIONAL INCREASES
TO STUDENT TUITION. THE èC S¼ U
CANNOT CONTRADICT THEIR PURPOSE
AND PAY FOR THEIR BASIC
OPERATING COSTS ON THE BACK OF
STUDENTS. AND FACULTY. THE èC
S¼ U HAS THE RESOURCES TO
ADEQUATELY PAY FOR STUDENTS AND
FACULTY. WE'RE ALL SMARTER THAN
TO TURN A BLIND EYE TO FALSE
AUSTERITY CLAIMS. I'VE HAD THE
PRIVILEGE OF TEACHING FUTURE
CALIFORNIA TEACHERS AT
SACRAMENTO STATE FOR 20 THREE
YEARS. IT IS AN HONOR AND A
PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH MANY
STUDENTS THAT COME THROUGH THE
èC S¼ U DOORS. MANY ARE FIRST
GENERATIONS WORK SEVERAL JOBS.
ONCE THEY GRADUATE, THEY COME TO
TRULY UPLIFT THEIR COMMUNITIES,
OUR ECONOMY AND CALIFORNIA.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON, MR CHAIR. MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO, UH,
PUBLIC EDUCATION AND TO THE
STUDENTS AND TO COMMENTARY FROM
THE PUBLIC. MY NAME IS KEVIN
WEIR. MY 20 PLUS YEAR PROFESSOR
OF SOCIOLOGY ON THE SACRAMENTO
CAMPUS, AND FOR THE LAST 10
YEARS, I'VE BEEN CHAIR OF
BARGAINING FOR THE CALIFORNIA
FACULTY ASSOCIATION. I DIDN'T
HAVE ANY PREPARED COMMENTS TODAY
. I WANTED TO RESPOND TO SOME OF
THE THINGS THAT I HEARD IN THE
ROOM. THE FIRST THING IS MR
ALI'S QUESTION ABOUT NRA. I
WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT 15
YEARS AGO, UH, ONE OF MY FRIENDS
AND COLLEAGUES IN ANTHROPOLOGY
DEPARTMENT WHO IS THE NAG PRO
OFFICER ON CAMPUS, RESIGNED AND
LEFT THE UNIVERSITY BECAUSE OF
THE LEVEL OF LIABILITY THAT SHE
CARRIED BECAUSE OF THE
NON-COMPLIANCE WITH NAG. SHE
DIDN'T LEAVE BECAUSE THE TRIBES
WERE NOT READY TO ACCEPT THEIR
ANCESTORS BACK. IT WAS A LACK OF
RESOURCES AND SUPPORT FROM, UH,
THE CAMPUS. SO I'VE HEARD TODAY
THAT ENROLLMENT IS IMPROVING
ALREADY AT THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGES AND HOPEFULLY AT THE
èC S¼ U, UH, AND YET SEVERAL
CAMPUSES. I'M HEARING ABOUT
AUSTERITY MEASURES. UH, SOME
CAMPUSES HAVE EVEN BEGUN JOB
LOSS. I URGE THIS COMMITTEE TO
EXAMINE THE RECORD AND THE
RESERVES CAREFULLY WHICH.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO, CSU
MANAGEMENT LOBBIED EFFECTIVELY
TO NO LONGER AUDIT EACH CAMPUS
EVERY YEAR. THIS COMMITTEE
SHOULD EXAMINE THE OUTCOME OF
THIS AND TAKE NOTE OF THE WILDLY
INCREASING CASH RESERVES ON
HAND. THERE IS NO LEGISLATIVE
OVERSIGHT ON RESERVES, BUT THERE
SHOULD BE EACH CAMPUS SHOULD
HAVE YEARLY AUDITS REPORTED TO
THIS COMMITTEE AND TO THE
PUBLIC. IN TOUGH BUDGET TIMES,
WE MUST PROTECT THE CORE MISSION
OF THE CSU WOULD LEGISLATIVE
OVERSIGHT AND ENGAGEMENT. IT IS
CRUCIAL TO PRIORITIZE STUDENTS
AND THE FACULTY, ESPECIALLY THE
MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS WHO
SERVED THEM IN TOUGH BUDGET
TIMES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK
YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON SHARE.
ALVAREZ AND MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS MOLLY
MCGUIRE WITH THE CAMPAIGN FOR
COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY. THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET LARGELY
CONTINUES THE STATE'S INVESTMENT
IN COLLEGE ACCESS AND STUDENT
SUCCESS, AND WE'RE DEEPLY
GRATEFUL THAT AMIDST FISCAL
UNCERTAINTY, THE JANUARY BUDGET
PROPOSAL PROTECTS AND PRESERVES
HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING. THAT
SAID THERE ARE A FEW AREAS OF
THE BUDGET THAT MERIT ADDITIONAL
ATTENTION FROM POLICYMAKERS. WE
AGREE THAT RELIABLE BASED
FUNDING INCREASES TO THE UC AND
CSU ARE CRITICAL TO THE SEGMENTS
ABILITY TO PLAN FOR, AND FUND
VITAL STUDENT SUCCESS IN
RETENTION WORK. BUT THOSE
INCREASES ARE PART OF AN
AGREEMENT PAIRING FUNDING
INCREASES WITH MEANINGFUL
IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS SEVERAL
AREAS, INCLUDING ACCESS,
COMPLETION AND AFFORDABILITY. WE
WOULD ARGUE THAT THOSE
IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN UNEVEN AT
BEST, IN PARTICULAR AROUND
TRANSFER, STUDENT SUCCESS AND
THE REMOVAL OF EQUITY GAPS. WE
WOULD ALSO ARGUE THAT SOME OF
THESE IMPROVEMENTS IN PARTICULAR
AROUND TRANSFER STUDENT SUCCESS
RELATIVELY LOW COST SUGGESTING
NOT A RESOURCE PROBLEM, RATHER A
RESISTANCE TO TREATING TRANSFER
STUDENT NEEDS ON PAR WITH FIRST
TIME FRESHMAN NEEDS. WE LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU OVER
THE NEXT FEW MONTHS TO
PRIORITIZE THE SEGMENTS
COMMITMENT TO MAKING GOOD ON ALL
OF THE COMPACT GOALS, EVEN THE
DIFFICULT ONES AND TO FIND A
PATH FORWARD TO FUNDING CAL
GRANT EQUITY OF FINANCIAL AID
FRAMEWORK THAT HOLDS AND NOT
ENORMOUS PROMISE FOR OUR MOST
VULNERABLE STUDENTS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR
ALVAREZ AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS JUNE. JOHN AND I
SERVE AS THE UNDERGRADUATE
STUDENT BY PRESIDENT AT UC
IRVINE AS WELL AS THIS YEAR'S
UNDERGRADUATE CO CHAIR OF THE
COUNCIL OF PRESIDENTS. TODAY I'M
HERE TO ASK THE LEGISLATURE
FULLY FUND THE CALDERON EQUITY
FRAMEWORK IN THE 2024 2025 STATE
BUDGET. LIKE MANY, INCLUDING
MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE, I
CAME TO MY UNIVERSITY AS A LOW
INCOME FIRST GENERATION STUDENTS
AND THE SON OF TWO IMMIGRANTS
WHO NEVER HAD THE PROMISE OF
HIGHER EDUCATION. I MYSELF AND
ONLY ABLE TO ATTEND UNIVERSITY
DUE TO THE REVERSED A CURRENTLY
OFFERED BY THE CAVERN. THOUSANDS
OF MY PEERS, HOWEVER, ARE
CURRENTLY DETERRED FROM HIGHER
EDUCATION BY AN UNAFFORDABLE
PRICE TAG. UNABLE TO THRIVE AT
THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL. THE
OPPORTUNITY IS NOW BEFORE THE
LEGISLATURE TO EXTEND THE
PROMISE OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO
OVER 130,000 STUDENTS. RENEWED
COMMITMENT TO SERVING OUR MOST
MARGINALIZED STUDENTS ARE
STUDENTS OF COLOR ARE
UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS ARE
PARENTING STUDENTS AND MORE.
THERE IS INVESTMENT WILL BE ABLE
TO SEE LONG TERM RETURNS ON
STUDENT RECRUITMENT AND
RETENTION. BASIC NEEDS SECURITY
STUDENT WELL BEING, THE BROADER
STATE ECONOMY AND SO MUCH MORE.
CALIFORNIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN A
TRAILBLAZER IN THESE MATTERS. SO
I ASKED. THE LEGISLATURE REMAIN
COMMITTED TO THEIR STUDENTS AND
FULLY FUND THE CALDERON EQUITY
FRAMEWORK TO CHAMPION THE WELL
BEING AND SUCCESS OF OUR
STUDENTS FOR YEARS TO COME.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS SONIA
BROOKS. I AM THE VICE PRESIDENT
EXTERNAL FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
FOR THE GRADUATE STUDENT
ASSOCIATION AT U C. L A. AND UM,
I'M ALSO A BOARD MEMBER FOR THE
èC GPC STAND ON BEHALF OF THE
THOUSANDS OF GRADUATE STUDENTS
WITHIN THE U. C SYSTEMS WHO ARE
IN DIRE NEEDS. TODAY WE HEARD
DATA PRESENTED FOR THE WONDERFUL
STRIDES THAT ARE BEING MADE.
HOWEVER NONE OF THOSE DATA
PRESENTED OR REPRESENTED WITH
GRADUATE STUDENTS. NEED. UM AND
EVEN THOUGH THE DATA PRESENTED
WERE FOR UNDERGRADUATES, PART OF
THEIR TRAJECTORIES INCLUDE THE
SACRIFICES OF GRADUATE STUDENTS.
WE PLAY SO MANY ROLES IN THE
LIVES OF UNDERGRADUATES, AND
THEY ARE BECAUSE WE ARE GRADUATE
STUDENTS, HOWEVER, ARE ACTUALLY
DYING, LITERALLY AND
FIGURATIVELY. WE ARE SUFFERING
FROM HOUSING, INSECURITY, FOOD
INSECURITY, AS WELL AS A LACK OF
ADEQUATE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
WE NEED YOUR HELP AND EMPLOY
YOUR ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORTING
THE INCREASE OF THE BUDGETS FOR
THE èC BECAUSE WE REALLY
HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF THE
FILLING. TROPIC EFFORTS THAT
WERE MENTIONED EARLIER. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY
NAME IS ERNESTO OR CIENEGA,
FIRST GENERATION STUDENTS AND
MEXICAN IMMIGRANT CURRENTLY
PURSUING MY GRADUATE STUDIES AT
U C L. A. I ALSO SERVED AS THE
DIRECTOR OF LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS
AT U. C. P C. THE ORGANIZATION
REPRESENTING OR GRADUATE OR
PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS ACROSS THE
USAGE SYSTEM. GANGS
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S ALVAREZ AND
PHONE FOR MEETING WITH US AND
OUR PRESIDENT RYAN YESTERDAY FOR
ADVOCACY DAY. I WANT TO ADDRESS
THE LACK OF ATTENTION GIVEN TO
GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL
STUDENTS TODAY AND IN THE PAST
IS THERE. IT'S CRUCIAL TO
PRIORITIZE OUR NEEDS AND
CONCERNS, ESPECIALLY IN FUNDING
AND BUDGET DISCUSSIONS. AND TO
ALWAYS CONSIDER THE DIVERSE
RANGE RANGE OF NONTRADITIONAL
AND UNDERREPRESENTED GRADUATE
COMMUNITIES, AMONG THEM
UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS. AND
GRADUATE STUDENTS WITH
DEPENDANTS. FURTHERMORE I URGE
YOU TO PRIORITIZE FUNDING FOR
THE èC BUDGET, THE HOUSING
GRANTS AND REVOLVING LONG
PROGRAMS WE MUST PRIORITIZE
SUPPORTING èC GRADUATE STUDENTS
, ENSURING NO ONE IS LEFT
BEHIND. GRACIAS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE ALL DOING A GOOD,
GREAT JOB STICKING TO AROUND A
MINUTE. WE APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY
HI. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. MY
NAME IS SARAH VIDAL AND MARGARET
FORMER GHETTO STUDENT. I USE THE
RIVERSIDE BUT I'M THE FOR
CURRENTLY BP, A FROM THE
GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION,
MADUAKA HOLDER FOR GENERATION
AND TODAY I WANT TO SHARE. UM
THE URGENCY TO ADDRESS THE. THE
PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IN A LOT OF
CAMPUSES AND REGARDING THE
DISMISSAL OF GRADUATE STUDENTS
FROM THE PROGRAMS WITHOUT ANY
LIKE VALID REASON. UM I BELIEVE
THERE. THERE IS A NEED TO
PRESSURE THE CAMPUSES ADMIT, AND
IT'S UM. TWO OUT OF THE
DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE AND
PROVIDE DATA FOR RETENTION RATES
AND CONTENTEDLY FOR STUDENTS
THAT ARE DISMISSED FROM GRADUATE
PROGRAMS DUE TO ISSUES MARJORAM
AND DISCRIMINATION BY FACULTY
AND ADMINISTRATORS TOWARDS
STUDENTS LIKE ME FROM UNDER
REPRESENTED GROUPS, MAINLY FOR A
GENERATION STUDENTS AND
UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS AT A LOT
OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, SURE, THIS
EXPERIENCE IS DUE TO A LACK OF
KNOWLEDGE OF THIS, THEY JUST
FEAR THE SYSTEM. UM THESE ISSUES
CONTINUE INCREASING MORE AND
MORE AND NO ONE DOES ANYTHING
ABOUT IT. THE POLICIES AND
FUNDING THAT IS RECEIVED
SUPPORTS ENROLLMENT OF DIVERSE
GROUPS AND IN REALITY, THIS IS
NOT BEING TAKEN IN ACTION. UM
IT'S NOT CONSISTENCY ON
RETENTION AS STUDENTS ARE FORCED
TO LEAVE THEIR PROGRAMS, WHICH
HAS EVERYONE MENTAL, FINANCIAL
AND PROFESSIONAL CONSEQUENCES ON
STUDENTS. THANK YOU. HI GOOD
AFTERNOON SHARING MEMBERS. CAROL
GONZALEZ HERE AND WE HAVE A
SPANISH ORGANIZED FOR POLITICAL
EQUALITY. WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
THE IMMENSE NEED FOR THE CALGARY
REFORM ACT, AND WE WANT TO ALIGN
OUR COMMENTS WITH THE CHAIR AND
THE MEMBERS TODAY. UM THERE'S AN
IMMENSE NEED TO REALLY SUPPORT
OUR STUDENTS WHILE WE RECOGNIZE
THE STATE'S BUDGET DEFICIT. THIS
PROPOSAL PRESENTS A REALLY GREAT
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TRANSFORM
COLLEGE ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY
FOR OVER 130,000 STUDENTS, MANY
OF WHICH HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY
UNDERREPRESENTED IN HIGHER
EDUCATION, OF WHICH 65% ARE
LATIN X MORE THAN 50% ARE WOMEN
AND NEARLY 65% ARE CHEN FIRST
RUN, UM, AND NEARLY ONE THIRD OF
THOSE STUDENTS ARE STUDENTS,
PARENTS AND ALSO HERE ON BEHALF
OF LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE. WE
ALSO WANT TO ALIGN OUR COMMENTS
WITH THE TELEGRAM REFORM
COALITION. AND EXPRESS OUR NEED
TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT STUDENT
PARENTS AND A STUDENT HOUSING.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHECK THE
GONZALES WITH LUNA ACTION HERE,
REPRESENTING A VARIETY OF
IMMIGRATION, LEGAL SERVICE
PROVIDERS AND THOUSANDS OF
UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS ACROSS THE
CSU CAMPUSES, OF WHICH THERE ARE
APPROXIMATELY 10,000. FOR THE
LAST APPROXIMATELY FIVE YEARS,
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS
ALLOCATED $7 MILLION TO PROVIDE
IMMIGRANT LEGAL SERVICES ACROSS
ALL 23 CSU CAMPUSES. IT HAS
INCLUDED SERVICES TO NOT JUST
STUDENTS, BUT THEIR IMMEDIATE
FAMILY MEMBERS, FACULTY AND
STAFF AND EDUCATION AND OUTREACH
TO THE GREATER COMMUNITY. I
CANNOT EMPHASIZE THE IMPACT THAT
THIS HAS HAD NOT JUST AT THE
STUDENT LEVEL. BUT FOR FAMILIES
WHO HAVE RESIDED FOR DECADES,
PARTICULARLY UNDER RESOURCED
AREAS OF OUR STATE, CHILDREN OF
FARMWORKERS WHO HAVE REALLY BEEN
ABLE TO ACCESS AND LEGALIZE
THEIR STATUS AFTER DECADES OF
BEING HERE, IT'S NOT JUST
SERVICES ITS ECONOMIC MOBILITY.
IT'S ENSURING THAT STUDENTS ARE
GRADUATING FROM C. S U. S
ACTUALLY HAVE WORK PERMITS AND
CAN PURSUE CAREERS. THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET PROPOSES
CUTTING THIS PROGRAM FROM 7
MILLION TO 1.8. I WILL EMPHASIZE
THAT THE C. C S U SYSTEM ACROSS
THE STATE ALSO PROVIDES AN
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS CRITICAL
AS WE SEE IMMIGRATION
ENFORCEMENT RISE, SOMETHING THAT
WE CAN EXPECT AND PREDICT TO
HAPPEN LATER THIS YEAR, WE WOULD
ASK THIS COMMITTEE TO RESTORE
THIS FUNDING AND MAINTAINING IT
AT 7 MILLION WHEN THE TIME IS
APPROPRIATE. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. NO. THANK YOU. COMMITTEE MY
NAME IS KEITH ELLISON. BèC
REGENT. I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF
PRESIDENT DRAKE'S PRESENTATION
TO YOU THIS AFTERNOON AND IN
SUPPORT. OF THE STUDENTS
REQUESTS TO FULLY IMPLEMENT CAL
GRANT REFORM. ALSO I AM IN
SUPPORT OF THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
ALL LEGISLATION THAT IS
PROPOSED. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON,
ANDREW MARTINEZ LIKE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA. WE
WANT TO THANK THE LEGISLATURE
FOR THE INVESTMENT IN THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN THE
PREVIOUS BUDGET YEARS, WE ARE
DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE. THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET THIS YEAR
RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE
A CHALLENGING YEAR FOR US, BUT
WE ARE APPRECIATIVE THE
INVESTMENT THE GOVERNOR HAS MADE
FOR US. WE ARE ALSO ALSO HOPEFUL
THAT CAL GRANT REFORM CAN BE
SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR REMAIN
HOPEFUL ON THAT POINT. AND WE
WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION
FOR THEIR LANGUAGE ON ON THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROPOSAL AS
WELL. AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE
YEAR WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO
THINK ABOUT PREDICTABILITY,
STABILITY AND FLEXIBILITY FOR
COLLEGES SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE
THAT WE ARE STRONG AND ABLE TO
SERVE THE STUDENTS THAT ARE
COMING TO OUR COLLEGES. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. HI I'M ANNA. I
GO TO UCSB. I MOVED HERE FROM
MISSOURI. I JUST WANTED TO SAY
THAT I'M A SUPPORTER OF THIS, UH
OF THE FUNDING FOR THE CALGARY
AND EQUITY FRAMEWORK, AND, UH, I
FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT LIKE
BECAUSE WE'RE IN A DEFICIT LIKE
TO AH! TO INVEST IN OUR YOUTH
RIGHT NOW AND GET THE RETURN OF
INVESTMENT BACK BASICALLY LIKE
THIS WOULD SEE STUDENTS MAKING
30,000 MORE DOLLARS AS OPPOSED
IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE THIS FUNDING
AND FOR EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED
WITHIN HIGHER EDUCATION, THE
STATE WILL RECEIVE $4 BE SENT IN
RETURN, THE MORE OPPORTUNITY
OFFERED TO ITS POPULIST, THE
MORE BOTH CALIFORNIA AND THESE
RESIDING WITHIN IT WOULD BENEFIT
FROM AN INCREASE IN REVENUE TO
IGNORE THE NEEDS FOR HIGHER
EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA STATE, NOR THE
SYMPTOMS STEMMING FROM A LACK OF
ACCESS TO EDUCATION SUCH AS
POVERTY, CRIME AND HOMELESSNESS.
ALL THESE DIFFICULTIES ARE ON
THE RISE TO THE CALIFORNIA'S
WIDENING WEALTH GAP EXEMPLIFIED
AND INCREASING COSTS FOR BOTH
UNIVERSITY ATTENDANCE AND LIVING
IN GENERAL. NOT ONLY WILL THESE
PROBLEMS PERSIST, BUT THEY WILL
EXPAND, BECOMING MORE
EXTORTIONATE DISSOLVED, NOT
ACTED UPON NOW. THEREFORE,
SUPPORTING THE CAL GRANT EQUITY
FRAMEWORK IS NOT COST BUT
INVESTMENT IN OUR YOUTH TO
ENSURE GREATER FUTURE FOR THE
WHOLE OF CALIFORNIA. SORRY THAT
WAS TOO LONG. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR
CHAIR MEMBERS. I THINK THE LAST
HOPEFULLY SO I'LL KEEP IT SHORT.
SO YOU CAN GET TO IT. MANY OF
THE COMMENTS I WAS GOING TO ECHO
HAS BEEN SHARED BY MY COLLEAGUES
AS WELL. MY NAME IS PASSION ON
THE POSTURE TO WITH YOU ASPIRE
TO AND LIKE MANY OF OUR
COLLEAGUES HERE TO SPEAK IN
SUPPORT OF THE CALGARY AND THANK
YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU.
SOMEONE NUMBER FILING FOR YOUR
YOUR SUPPORT YOUR CONTINUED
SUPPORT OF THE STEP FORWARD, AND
WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A BODY THAT
WE CAN RELY ON AND GETTING THE
CALGARY AND TO THE FINISH LINE
THIS YEAR, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH YOU ALL AND THE
MEMBERS OF THE SENATE AS WELL TO
GET IT DONE. AND NICE TO SEE
YOU, MARCUS BALL. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR
COMMENTS AND FOR BEING A
SUCCINCT AND WE HOPE THAT IT'S
THE LAST. NOT THE LAST TIME THAT
YOU COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
HAS THE WORK WILL CONTINUE
THROUGHOUT THE SPRING. SO THAT
BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR
MEETING. WE WILL BE RECONVENING
FOR THIS COMMITTEE NEXT.
WEDNESDAY AT. IT'S TUESDAY
TUESDAY AT 9 A.M. WE'RE
ADJOURNED.